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Name:Julia L.
School:John Spry Community School
Date: April 30, 2014
Book Title: The Circuit
Book Review:
I learned about overcoming obstacles in the Circuit. Francisco and his family faced many obstacles. There was one time Torito (Little bull) got very sick and he was just a newborn. Papa and mama went to a curandera (witch doctor) to heal Torito. At first Torito was getting better but then he got worse. They didn’t know what to do, so mama promised that they would pray to El nino de Atocha for a year if Torito got better. Torito did get better and mama kept her promise. Another obstacle Francisco faced was not knowing English when he started first grade. It was a problem because he didn’t understand the teacher so he couldn’t learn. He had to repeat the first grade because he didn’t learn anything. These are just a few of the obstacles he faced and overcame.
Source: Jiménez, F. (1997). The circuit: Stories from the life of a migrant child. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Name: Julian Y.
School: John Spry
Date: May 1, 2014
Book Review:I learned about forgiveness in the book, The Circuit. Francisco forgave his dad for having a gun and hitting his mom. His father disappointed him and they had many problems but Francisco did not hold that against his father. And when Francisco accidently burned the house, his family forgave him. This family stuck together and forgave each other for their mistakes.
Source: Jiménez, F. (1997). The circuit: Stories from the life of a migrant child. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Name: Emily T.
School: John Spry
Date: April 30, 2014
Book Title: The Circuit
Book Review:
In the book The Circuit, I learned that Francisco and his family had to overcome many obstacles. They had to cross the border illegally from Mexico to Santa Maria, California. Then the family couldn’t afford to stay anywhere so they had to go to a camp named Tent City. Francisco then went to school and he would miss a lot of schoolwork because he didn’t understand English . So he would only do art to help him learn. And he would also get bullied because he was Mexican. Francisco missed school for 5 years in order to work to help his family with bills. He went back to school in 8th Grade. When Francisco had to present for an assignment in school, the immigration police (La Migra) came and took him and his brother back to Mexico. They eventually made it back and things got better.
Source: Jiménez, F. (1997). The circuit: Stories from the life of a migrant child. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Name: Jesus A.
School: John Spry
Date: May 1, 2014
Book Title: Esperanza Rising
Book Review:I learn about overcoming obstacles in Esperanza Rising. The main character Esperanza had a big obstacle, her dad died. She was very sad and things got bad because when papa died, her family lost everything. Her father died when the house burned down. Her tio Luis wanted to marry her mama but she didn’t want to get married. Mama decided to go to California. Esperanza and her mama had a hard time but they did not give up.
Source: Ryan, P. M. (2000). Esperanza rising. New York: Scholastic Press.
Name: Chantal T.
School: John Spry
Date: April 30, 2014
Book Title: Reaching Out
Book Review: I learned about accepting others in the book Reaching Out. Laura accepted Francisco even though he was Mexican and crossed the border illegally. Laura explained to Francisco that her uncle had also crossed the border illegally. Francisco was surprised because he thought that Laura was not going to accept him because he had been rejected by Peggy in eighth grade. Peggy’s parents did not approve of Francisco and they influenced her to not be friends with him. In college, Francisco met Laura and he knew that she was the girl that was the love of his life. He was honest about being an illegal immigrant to Laura and her family. They accepted him and his family was proud of him for not being ashamed. His family would always lie and tell people they were Mexican but born in California. Francisco knew that it was a wrong to lie, and decided not to hide the truth. We should never have to deny who we are in order to be accepted.
Source: Jiménez, F. (2008). Reaching out. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Name:Chantal T
School:Spry
Date:May 2,2014
Book Title:Reaching out
Book Review:I think that Julia’s book report is a good report because when people start reading it they are going to learn from it a lot. After they start reading from Julia’s report,people are going to start doing the stuff that they read from Julia’s report.
Name:JESUS A
School:JOHN SPRY
Date:MAY 2,2014
Book Title reaching out
Book Review: I think julian did a very good job in his report because julian rolt about how to said sorry and to forgave his dad because he had a gun in his hand. And you should read his report because is very good and very nice.Other thing is that i think someone should write his report because is cool.
Name:Noel C.
School: John Spry
Date: 5- 2-14
Book: Breaking Through
Book Review: I learned about immigration and overcoming obstacles in the book Breaking Through. Francisco trying to go to college and finish school but his family lives in a labor camp. They make very little money and can not pay for the college. Francisco is the president of his school and is very successful in school. He gets a scholarship to pay for college. He makes friends in college and continues to do well. Francisco meets Father O'neal and he helps him with his problems. Francisco is an immigrant and has problems but he still goes to college.
Source: Jiménez, F. (2001). Breaking through. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Name:Julian Y
School:John Spry Community school
Date:5/2/14
Book Title:Esperanza rising
Book Review. I Thought it was a really good report. It had a lot of details on what happens in the story. It says what jesus learned from it what he overcome.
Name Jose j
School:John Spry
Date:May 2, 2014
Book Title:The Circuit
Book Review: I think that Julian Y book review is cool because you give me some information about the circuit and i haven't even read it.
Manuel G.
Thoughts
At Ellis Island
Athens book,2007
Author,peacock,louse
1.in My Thougts it reminds Me of my great great great great grandpa when he when he was in a ship to go to America.
2.My Thoughts are that the book is talking about Immagration so My dad was in Magration 2 years ago.
3.Immigration is a police that arrest you if you don't have papers
4.when the books talks about the food it shows how My dad didn't like the food in Immigration there should be better food
Name Nicolle
Comment I feel bad because these people try to pass the bad people. The people was almost there but the bad people were coming they got them,there people survived.
By shane w. Evans,Underground
Were roaring brook press.
Year 2011
Name JUAN C
School:Jordan
Date:5/2/14
Comment:How I feel of satcher happy because he was the good pitcher and his team win all the games.
source: ransome vesa cline satchel paige simon and schuster 2000.
Name Nathan F
Date May 2 ,2014
school jordan commuity school
I like it because it shows that you can go to a school with one color of skin and you're the one that is different. It gives them hope about how you can not be mistreated today but could in the past.
Title : The school is not white!
By: Rapport, Doreen
Name Nicolle
school name Jordan
Comment I feel bad because these people try to pass the bad people. The people was almost there but the bad people were coming they got them,there people survived.
By shane w. Evans,Underground
Were roaring brook press.
Year 2011
Name:Monasia H
School:Jordan Community School
Date:4/28/14 THOUGHTS
Weatherford, Carole
Moses
Hyperion books, 2006
Harriet Tubman was born into slavery 1819 or 1822,Dorchester County, Maryland.
Harriet Tubman change her name at the age 19 , her birth name is Araminta Ross.
Harriet Tubman mother name was Harriet Green her father name was Benjamin Ross.
Harriet Tubman never had children.
Harriet Tubman got married to John Tubman she was about 24 years old.
Name: Alex B.
School: Dever
Date: 5-20-14
Book Title: Esperanza Rising
Book Review:
This book was about a rich girl who didn't have to do anything and lost her father forcing her to live under her uncle’s ( Tio Luis )
conditions. Women in Mexico at that time were not allowed to own land so Esperanza’s mom only owned the house. This forced them to move to Arvin ,California with their ( used to be servants.) They had to work hard there and Esperanza started working too because of her mom getting valley fever. This was a big change in her life, in a short time. In these camps different people had different conditions so some people striked for better pay and conditions. These strikers put things in the workers things and later got deported back to Mexico.Later on in this story Esperanzas grandmother came and everyone got excited. On the end Esperanza remembers the mountains and valleys( good and bad times ) shes been through so she goes and sees if she could still hear the lands heartbeat.
Date: May 20, 2013
Book Title: Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not- So- Talented Pop Star
Book Review: In this book a girl named Nikki Maxwell is always being chastised by a girl named Mackenzie Hollister. Mackenzie would threaten and say mean things to Nikki. This is a form of bullying. From Mackenzie bullying Nikki, Nikki would think about bad things that will happen to her, feel insecure at times, and worried about coming to school and having to face Mackenzie.
Source: Title: Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not- So-Talented Pop Star
Author: Rachel Renee Russell
Publisher: ALADDIN/ Simon & Schuster, New York
Copyright date: 2011
Name: Lesette N
School: Dever School
Date:
Book Title: Esperanza Rising
Book Review: In the beginning of the book when there were in california when esperanza meets Marta she does like like her because of how spoiled Esperanza was also they were always fighting and Marta would always call Esperanza names… Another example is at the end of the book Esperanza and Marta were best friends and they helped each other like when they were striking and Esperanza helped Marta because Esperanza hide Marta.
Name: Isabella C.
School: Dever Elementary
Date: 5/17/14
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
The book Esperanza Rising about a girl that is about 11 years old. She has lost her father right before her birthday. Her house has been given to her mother but the land that the house sits on is given to her uncle Tio Luis. The house is burned down and thats when the move to California.
My favorite part of the book by far was when Mama looks at the man where the border of Mexico and the United States was. She gave him all their papers but he was still asking dumb questions. Since she didn’t want to answer one of the question she told him that her papers were all fine and she gave him a look. It was so funny because he looked at her again and she was still giving him the stare.
I would recommend this book to people that like books based on true stories. Also if you like sad stories that have a happy ending and have some kinda funny parts but are more serious.
Date: 5/20/2014
Title of Book: Wonder
Author of Book: R.J Palacio
Book Review Form
Introduce the book:
The book “Wonder” was about a homeschooled fifth grader named August, August’s is deformed. This year he’s going to go to an actual school instead of homeschooling, even though he doesn’t want to. Three students named Charlotte, Julian, and Jack introduce August to the new school. But one of the students (Julian) was mean to August and is still mean to him throughout the whole story. Also when August goes to school he gets bullied for how he looks.
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August turns out to have two best friends Jack and a girl he meets named Summer. One day, Jack betrayed August and made fun of him with a mask on. Sooner August forgives Jack and they become best friends. The school goes on a sort of field trip to see “The Sound Of Music”. During the movie August and Jack go to the bathroom, but they get stopped by a group of teens. The teen were going to beat them up, but a kid named Amos saved August and Jack. The teens chase them for a while and when they stopped they all went back to the movie.
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My favorite part of the book is when Amos standed up for August and Jack. He could’ve just kept walking, but he didn’t. He saved August and Jack, with Amos they probably would’ve gotten really hurt. This changed the whole story from bullying to helping someone. It was really a turning point, a good turning point.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this book to a kid who is suffering bullying to show that people will stand up to you and the bullying will stop. Or to someone who wants to stop bullying. But I think that anyone who reads this book will enjoy it. Wonder is probably one of the best books I read.
Name:Anna L.
School:Dever
Date:5-21-14
Book Title:Wonder
Book Review:
Auggie faces many obstacles in wonder. He has to go to a new school, and this is hard for him because he has a facial deformity. But Jack and summer help auggie get through the school year.
Source: Palacio, R. J., & Knopf, I. (). Wonder. : .
Jaden W.
Murray Language Academy
May 21, 2014
Book Review: The Truth About Truman School
Recently, I finished reading The Truth About Truman School (T.A.T.) by Dori Hillestad Butler. Dori lives in Morton Grove, IL and has written books for teens and children. She had received both Children’s Choice Award and Iowa Teen Award.
The main character’s in T.A.T. is Zebby and Amr, create a website called thetruthabouttruman.com. They wanted it to be a way for people to know the honest and real things that were going on at Truman Middle School. They wanted to have a place to say the things that the school newspaper wouldn’t ever say but it soon turned into a cyberbullying website and had to be shut down.
The book has taught me about what cyberbullying is and that it is wrong and that cyberbullying can happen to anyone. There was this girl named Amanda Todd who was cyberbullied. An older man posted naked pictures of her and said she gave him H.I.V. There was also a movie called Cyberbully. It’s about a girl who gets picked on in school and on the internet. The movie shows that anyone can be cyberbullied, even your close friend.
While I sometimes felt angry at the book, overall I thought it was a great book. The author did a very great job of keeping the person who was the cyberbully hidden and try to trick us and make us confused on who the cyberbully was. Amr and Trevor were in the hot seat because they were both tech masters.
I would recommend this book to 12-21 year olds because teens are mostly the ones who participate in cyberbullying. However, before they read T.A.T, they should understand how they use hurtful words.
Name: Sophia J.
School: William E. Dever Elementary
Date: 5-22-14
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
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This was an amazing book that shows how a person can overcome all the negativity in their life and become successful.
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There is a girl named Esperanza and she has everything she wants. But one thing turns her whole world upside down. For the first time in her life she has to work to get a decent life. She has to do things she has never done like work, share and learn how to help others. But at first she doesn't want to realize that she is not rich and can’t have people working for her. She has to learn to work for herself and even deal with a couple mean people.
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My favorite part of the book is when everything is wrong Esperanza is still nice to the people mean. Her life might even be endangered but she does what she thinks is right. I feel that if she does want she thinks is right not safe, then it is the right thing to do.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for encouragement. You can learn so much about determination and hard work from Esperanza.
Resources
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print.
Name:Anna L.
School:Dever
Date:5-23-2014
Title of Book:Wonder
Author of Book: R.J Palacio
Book Review Form
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Wonder is a book about bullying and being brave.
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Auggie has a facial deformity and for the first time he has to go to school.At first he doesn’t want to go to school because he doesn’t have a normal face. But he is normal on the inside. He makes new friends that see him for who he is on the inside.
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My favorite part of the book is when Jack stands up for Auggie when he is bullied about his face by 7th graders.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this to 9-13 year olds because it discusses bullying and how you can be friends with anybody.
Source:
Ryan, P. M. (2000). Esperanza rising. New York: Scholastic Press.
Name: Konrad p
School:dever
Date:5-23-2014
Book Title: Wonder
Book Review: I feel bad for August because he had a messed up face and every one would make fun of him.Then he get sad and they would not stop until someone stood up for him.
Source: Wonder Book R.J Palacio
Name: Amber O.
School: Dever Elementary School
Date: 5/20/2014
Title of Book: Wonder
Author of Book: R.J Palacio
Book Review Form
Introduce the book:
The book “Wonder” was about a homeschooled fifth grader who gets bullied because of the way he looks.
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A deformed boy named August is going to new school this year, even though he doesn’t want to. He was homeschooled his whole life. When he gets to the new school he faces a lot of obstacles. August faces bullying, judgement, and hatred, but he faces bullying the most. All the kids bully, judge, and hate him for the way he looks. They don’t know how nice and kind August really is. He sometimes wishes he could go back to homeschooling. But one day this all changed and his school life went from bad to good.
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My favorite part of the book is when Amos standed up for August and Jack when teenagers were bullying them. He could’ve just kept walking, but he didn’t. He saved August and Jack, without Amos they probably would’ve gotten really hurt. This changed the whole story from bullying to helping someone. It was really a turning point, a good turning point.
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I recommend this book to a kid who is suffering bullying to show that people will stand up to you and the bullying will stop. Or to someone who wants to stop bullying. But I think that anyone who reads this book will enjoy it. Wonder is probably one of the best books I read.
Resources:
Palacio, R. J. Wonder. United States of America: Knopf for Young Readers RH Childrens, 2012. Print.
Name: Nick M
School: Dever School
Date: 5/23/2014
Title of Book: Wonder
Author of Book: R.J Palacio
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
A kid with a deformed face understands that how you look from the outside has nothing to do with friendship and he will understand that your soul is the heart of everything.
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There was a kid named Auggie that has a deformed face and for the first time he is going to a school. At the beginning everyone is going to make fun of him but after the time past he is going to meet some nice friends and going to understand that the outside look has nothing to do in friendship.
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My favorite part of the book is at the ending when Auggie understands that how you look is not everything and he makes a lot new friends.
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If you are a person that likes perseverance you will love this book because it shows how a kid with face problems shows power and at the end he wins.
Source: Palacio, R. J. Wonder. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.
Name: Bartosz K.
School: William E. Dever School
Date: 5/23/2014
Title of Book: Finding Zasha
Author of Book: Randi Barrow
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
The name of the book is Finding Zasha. The author of the book is Randi Barrow.
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The book Finding Zasha is about a boy named Ivan who’s home is invaded by Nazi’s. Ivan than plays some music for them and the Nazi’s decide to take Ivan with them so he can play music for them. When Ivan arrives at the Nazi’s base he meets two dogs that he needs to help train. Ivan thinks that it is bad that the dogs are being raised to capture people in the war and tries to secretly raise the dogs in a way that the Nazi’s wouldn’t want to. Than one day Zasha goes missing..
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My favorite part of the book was when Ivan met the dogs for the first time and spent a lot of time with the dogs.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
If you like war and animal books you will surely like the book Finding Zasha. Finding Zasha is a exciting book and will always leave you wondering.
Resources:
Barrow, R. G. (2013). Finding Zasha. New York: Scholastic Press.
Name: Sandra Tamayo
School: Dever
Date: 5/23/14
Title of Book: Bully in the mirror
Author of Book: Shanaya Fastje
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
This is a wonderful book that shows how to solve your bullying problems and how you can stop hate around the world.
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The author is telling the reader different ways bullying is happening and how to solve it. It tells that the bully is actually one of the victims and she is write bullies are mostly the victims too. She shows how kids can stand up for themselves without violence and how that make can a big difference in their community. Also what to do stop the gossip that maybe a big secret that you don’t want anyone to know about or it it’s a big lie that is gross or just not themselves.
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My favorite part of the book is everything because it is very helpful especially if you’re a victim and you just can’t handle the bullying anymore. Also because it is very inspiring to kids. It gives tips on how to be popular but still friendly and not to become a bully yourselves.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this book to anyone that is suffering from bullying and needs help and does not like to talk about their problems to people.
Resources:
Fastje, Shanaya. Bully in the Mirror: Making Hate Stop When You Don't Think You Can. Cleveland, OH: Changing Lives, 2012. Print.
Name: Kaylee M
School: Dever
Date: 5-23-14
Title of Book: Dragon Girl
Author of Book: Jeff Weigel
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
This book is amazing and great
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
A girl finds a dragon which the dragon lead her to the dragon eggs.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part is when she played with the little dragon eggs
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I think you would like this book because it is cool and it has amazing illusions .
Resources:
Weigel, Jeff. Dragon Girl. New York: Yen, 2010. Print.
Name: Christopher P.
School: Dever
Date: 5/23/14
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
The father dies and move to the us and work in the field
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There house gets burned down and the mother gets sick and espeanza has to work
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
When the grandmother comes back from Mexico and my grandmother lives in México and I all was get excited when she comes
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
Y ou will love this book because everyone can relate
source Ryan, P. M. (2000). Esperanza rising. New York: Scholastic Press.
Name: Jonathan M
School: Dever
Date: 5/23/14
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
Esperanza Rising is about a girl and her family that is a immigrant from Mexico to san Francisco because of her uncle.
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Esperanza was a rich girl in Mexico because of her father. Her father was a rich land owner. Bandits have been killing rich land owner and one day the bandits killed her father. Tio Luis her uncle asked to marry her mother because now he owned the land. He burned down her house escaped to San Francisco.
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My favorite part of the book is when Esperanza goes to work when her mom is sick this shows lots of perseverance.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…) to be on the edge of their chair
When there reading and it is one of the most interesting book you’ll ever read.
Source: Ryan, P. M. (2000). Esperanza rising. New York: Scholastic Press.
Name:Jonathon.T
School:Murray Language academy
Date:5/23/14
Book Title: Bus station Mystery by Gertrude chandler
Book Review: Recently i finished reading The Bus station mystery by Gertrude chandler warner. Gertrude Chandler Warner was born on april 16 in Putnam, connecticut. One of her favorite books was Alice in Wonderland. Also she volunteer for the american red cross.
The main characters , Henry, Jessica,benjamin and james are going to a fair by a nearby town. They were wondering how and when are they getting back home and what time when they are getting there. When they got off the train waiting for the next one they met a unusual train manager. The Aldens soon found out that the river is being polluted by a factory.
In writing this book Chandler was trying to help us understand pollution. Anderson is also trying to say that you should find other jobs of find other ways to work in a factory instead of making pollution on earth.
While sometimes i felt bored overall i really felt suspenseful and enjoyed the book. The author did a great job keeping things in place and making the book mysterious. The only thing i did not like was how the river was polluted by a bus station it would have been great if it was by a abandoned bus station of house.
I would recommend this book to people who like mystery books. This book should be read by people who like to be surprised.
Name: Kaylee M
School: Dever
Date: 5-23-14
Title of Book: Dragon Girl
Author of Book: Jeff Weigel
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
This book is amazing and great
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
A girl finds a dragon which the dragon lead her to the dragon eggs.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part is when she played with the little dragon eggs
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I think you would like this book because it is cool and it has amazing illusions .
Resources:
Weigel, Jeff. Dragon Girl. New York: Yen, 2010. Print.
Name:Nicholas D.
School:Dever school
Date:5/23/14
Title of Book:Esperanza Rising.
Author of Book:Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
Esperanza Ortega is a rich daughter of a rich land owner. She gets everything she wants because of all the money she has. But one day her whole life turns around when her dad dies, and Tio Luis wants to marry senora Ortega, but the mom says no and Tio Luis tries to make the Ortegas lives miserable. Later the Ortgegas and more travel from Mexico to the U.S.A. and they have to do a lot of work instead of having people do work for them.
Tell Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection: I like the part where Esperanza is all alone taking care of everyone by herself.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
about the book, but don’t give away the ending.I recommend this book because it has parts where it makes you laugh and there some parts where it can make you feel bad for people that have bad lives.
Source: Ryan, P. M. (2000). Esperanza rising. New York: Scholastic Press.
Name: Aidan U
School: Dever
Date: 5-23-14
Title of Book: Esperanza rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
The book is rising a very bad book to me
Tell about the book, but don’t g away the ending.
It is about Esperanza trying to hold on to everything that she loves and but finds out its very hard an she go’s a very emotional state and finds the meaning of hard and pulling through.
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My favorite part of the book is when it ended and I didn’t have to read it anymore I hated it.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this book to no one don’t read it if you want to live.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print.
Name: Delilah .G.
School: Dever School
Date: 5/23/14
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book this book is about a girl and her mother and father her father dies and they have to move to the United States and work on a camp to earn money.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
Her house burns down by her uncle T’io luis and when they get to the us her mom gets sick in the field.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
my favorite is when grandmother comes to the united states to see mama because my gradmother comes every year to visit.
Ryan, P. M. (2000). <i>Esperanza rising</i>. New York: Scholastic Press.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…) you got to love this book its heart touching
Name: Gosia Z
School: Dever School
Date: 5/23/2014
Title of Book: Ezperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
It was a pretty awesome book because a lot of people connect with that book at that has happen to them once.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
There is a girl named ezperanza her dad died by bandits and then his brother burned down there house and then they were poor they hadded to move to California because they had no money. So then ezperanzas mom got sick and went to the hospital.
Resources: Esperanza Rising: Pam Munoz Ryan, Pam Munoz Ryan ...
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection: my favorite part of the book was when her mother got better
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I like it because it was very interesting and it was very connecting to a lot of my friends and pople.
Gordon Murray
May 23, 2014 Room 216
Book Review
The name of the book that I read is called Warriors: Dawn. The author of the books’ name is Erin Hunter. She was inspired to write the book because she loves cats. She also wrote it because, She loves to write about Animal’s behaviors.
Four clans of cats who lived in the forest were being killed and captured by people in machines.How they were getting killed is by the workers cutting down the trees. While that was happening , Six cats set out to find out a new phone for them to live because if they stayed then they would have died.
This book shows what certain people do to animals such as like in the book these workers were destroying the cats habitats/ homes and hurting and killing these cats. This is what these animals had to go through.They barely had any food because those machines were either killing their prey or their prey would run away from that area.
I loved this book because towards the end, The six cats finally found a new home. They traveled back to the forest with their family and told them about their journey and then a few days later when every Clan leader decided that they were going to go, All four clan cats set out on a journey to their very new home, With the six cats leading the way.
I would recommend this book to someone who loves Animals, Adventure, And action. Even though this book had a lot of bad things throughout the story, Good things started to happen towards the end, So it would be a good book for these kind of people.
The name of the book that i am doing on bullying is called “A matter of trust” by Anne Schraff. Schraff was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She is also the author of five bluford series books.Schraff is an award winning author who started writing books as a teenager in the 1950’s. She also, spent 10 years teaching high school at california state university. she moved to northridge at age of 10 traveled by herself.
A matter of trust by Anne schraff is about main character Darcy wills and Hakeem Randall. They are an amazing couple in grade school get broken up because of Brisana meeks. Brisana and Darcy were supposed to be best friends but ever since Darcy started hanging out with tarah, and cooper Brisana’s been acting strange towards Darcy.
The point of the book is keep your friends close but your enemies closer. What i mean by that is to have associates but not have that many friends because in grade school there are so many fake people you won’t know who to trust. I learned that a friend is not a person that tell you what to do or who you have to hang out with. Brisana meeks told Darcy not to hang out with tarah or copper because they were zero’s/lames and brisana and darcy were ten’s/popular and Brisana thought that Darcy broke her promise so Brisana can’t trust Darcy any more.
I liked the book because it tells me not not to be a bully and be in mess. It also, is good because even if you have a friend and you think there you friend then they talk about you thats not a friend at all. But what i think the author could have made the book a little bit longer because it ended well.
Name: Nataly H.
School:John Spry
Date:May 23, 2014
Bullying
Comment:In the book, Wonder by R.J. Palacio, August was born with a cleft palate. The book is about how a kid gets bullied because people think he is not normal. The other kids think he is a monster and tease him. He doesn’t have a normal face like others and in my opinion that is not normal to tease people for being different. No one is perfect in this world and no one should tease anyone for being different.
Palacio, R. J., & Alfred A. Knopf, Inc (2012). Wonder.
Name:Niyah E.
School:Murray
Date:5/25/14
Book Title: Saraswati’s Way
Book Review: The name of the book I read was called Saraswati’s Way by Monika Schroder. Schroder is an award winning author who likes to write historical fiction for adults. Her hobbies are traveling and learning about different cultures.
In Saraswati’s Way, the main character, Akash struggles to find a tutor to help him with the Seventh Standard. His father dies and the landlord forces Akash to work for him when his family doesn’t pay rent. Akash ditches work to go find a tutor in Delhi. He stays with a newspaper stand owner, Ramesh, and helps him work to earn money for a tutor. When Akash finds a tutor, they don’t teach him what he wants to learn. Akash gets fast money selling drugs for a friend so he can go find a better tutor, but their boss abuses them a fires them. Akash is stranded and doesn’t know what to do.
The story wants the reader to know that you’re going to have some obstacles in the way of your goal, but you should keep going no matter what . Akash tries to follow Saraswati’s way , but it seems she has abandoned him, because it seems he has tried to force Saraswati into showing him the way.
This book was okay. It didn’t have as much bullying in it as I thought it would, but it definitely had some good examples.
I would recommend this book to people who like to learn about foreign countries and cultures.
Saraswati’s Way by Monika Schroder
Name:Maggie
School: Smyser
Date:May 27 2014
Book Title: Environmental chemistry
Book Review:
I learned about matter such as solid,liquid and gas.If you want to learn more about chemistry you should read this book. science is the study of physical and natural world. Each year the united states consumes over seven billion barrels of oil .The word element first appeared
in 360 BC, in a collection of writings by ancient philosopher plato . Niels bohr developed the automattic theory.
Source: author : rachel eagen company : crabtree publishing Date ;2011
City ; New York
Name: Roua
School: Smyser
Date: May 27, 2014
Book Title: Protecting Earth’s Land
Book Review: This book is about protecting Earth’s land, and one fact I learned from it is that nearly all living things depend on Earth’s land and it’s resources to survive. But did you know that people do many things that hurt the land. I recommend this book to people who want to learn more about what you can do to help protect Earth’s land.
Date:May 27,2014
Book Title:Protect Nature
Book Review:In the book Protect Nature I Learned about that animals are endangered because of our pollution and garbage. So we need to keep the water clear and recycle and reuse things to keep our environment clean and stop animals from getting endangered so thats what I learned from the book Protect Nature.
Source: Barnham,Kay Protect Nature Crabtree Publishing New york 2008
Name: Beatriz M
School: Smyser
Date: 5/27/14
Book Title: Beating Heart
Book Review: I learned how to overcome problems in Beating Heart. Where in the separate times they were in the olden days of how a seventeen year old overcomes moving in an old house. And that he gets a feeling he is not alone this book was written in the olden times about the people of the old western believe in the olden spirits of who die. Thats a few things you need to know about this book.
Date: 5/27/14
Book Title: Disappearing Grasslands
Book Review:
I recommend this book because I learned a lot about the environment. I learned that all over the world there are beautiful grasslands. Grasslands exist because of wildfires. Wildfires burn down trees that take over grasslands. Recently, people have been putting out wildfires, and planting trees in grasslands. This destroys grasslands. People are destroying grasslands at a very fast rate. Soon they could be gone for good. Because I learned this I recommend this book.
Source: Cook, Kevin J. Disappearing Grasslands Gareth Stevens, Inc San Clemente, California 1993
Name:Nia
School:Smyser
Date:May 27,2014
Book Title: Acid Rain
Book Review: In the book Acid rain, I learned about Acid Rain, and what will happen when there is acid rain. Also,I learned that polluting the earth can cause acid rain. There were many diagrams about how acid rain happens. Acid rain is polluted water. Its when dirt and pollution mix with the rain. it is very polluted rain. People should not pollute because it can cause Acid rain that is dangerous. That is what I learned about the book Acid Rain.
Source: Lucas, Eileen Acid rain Stubbs, Harriet United States of America 1991
Name: LuisF
School: Smyser
Date: 5/27/14
Book Title: The Korean War
Book Review: I recommend this book to people who like to study wars and what really happened. There are maps and pictures of during and after the war. I recommend reading chapter 2 because that is the war part and a few explanations of why it is the forgotten war. On page 111 it shows the attacks and invasions of North Korea to South Korea. That was why I recommend this book.
Source: Stein,Conrad, The Korean War, Enslow Publishers Berkeley Heights,New Jersey (1994)
Name:Charles
School:Smyser
Date:5/28/2014
Book Title:Environmental Disasters
Book Review:This book is good to read because it tells of ways we are destroying the ecosystem and how we can stop that. Many things are killing animals and even people. We need to stop littering and polluting biomes and ecosystems. For example the oil in seas and oceans are killing fish and the nuclear power is killing people and some land animals. Our pollution is, and can destroy land and destroy wildlife.
Date:5/23/14
Book Title: Bus station Mystery by Gertrude chandler
Book Review: Recently i finished reading The Bus station mystery by Gertrude chandler warner. Gertrude Chandler Warner was born on april 16 in Putnam, connecticut. One of her favorite books was Alice in Wonderland. Also she volunteer for the american red cross.
The main characters , Henry, Jessica,benjamin and james are going to a fair by a nearby town. They were wondering how and when are they getting back home and what time when they are getting there. When they got off the train waiting for the next one they met a unusual train manager. The Aldens soon found out that the river is being polluted by a factory.
In writing this book Chandler was trying to help us understand pollution. Anderson is also trying to say that you should find other jobs of find other ways to work in a factory instead of making pollution on earth.
While sometimes i felt bored overall i really felt suspenseful and enjoyed the book. The author did a great job keeping things in place and making the book mysterious. The only thing i did not like was how the river was polluted by a bus station it would have been great if it was by a abandoned bus station of house.
I would recommend this book to people who like mystery books. This book should be read by people who like to be surprised.
Phalair C
5/23/2014
Murray Language Academy
Recently I read a book called The Notes Midnight driver by Jordan Sonnenblick. Jordan is an American writer of many young adult books. He graduated from New York City Stuyvesant high school, and of university of Pennsylvania Jordan was born July 4 1969.
Alex Gregory a 16 year old boy decided to go drink and visit his Fathers house in his Mother's car he wanted to talk because he was dating his 3rd grade english teacher. When he gets arrested he had to do community service which is not as fun.
The main point of the story is to show you how drinking and driving is life changing. I feel that the book did not show the weight of drinking and driving but it did show how it would change your life.
Also I feel that if it had more things happen to him it would be better as an eye opener. I would recommend this book to someone who makes many mistakes in life.
The Notes Midnight driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
Kiara G
May 22, 2014
Murray Language Academy
6th Grade, Room 216
Have you ever heard of bullying? Bullying is a type of abuse that can come in various ways. The book that I am reviewing overviews bullying, and how to deal with it. It even provides a survey to see if you are or are becoming a bully. The book that was read is titled, Bullies are a Pain in the Brain, and it is written by Trevor Romain. He helps people that are bullied, and helps those that bully others. He offered very useful information on two important subjects. The first subject that was discussed is what bullies are. The second, and last topic focuses on how to deal with bullies.
The book described what a bully is, and why they pick on others. It further stated that bullies who lack self-confidence, often pick on others in order to make themselves feel better. It also gave information on how to identify a bully. The author listed characteristics that one can typically find in a bully. However, the characteristics listed were traits that anyone could have.
The second part of the book talked about how to deal with bullies. The author of the book said that when dealing with a bully, one should not ignore them, but talk to that person to resolve the issue. It was even stated that In some cases, the bully becomes best friends with the victim. Additionally, one should have more confidence in themselves because bullies look for those that can be easily taken advantage of because of low self-confidence. They choose to bully people who they think will NOT fight back. This book helps to give you the power to fight back.
I would recommend this book to people that have been bullied before and do not know how to defend themselves.
This was an excellent book for me to read. I myself have been a victim of bullying throughout most of my grammar school years. I hope you have enjoy reading this book like I have, and good luck with bullies!
Bullies are a Pain in the Brain,by Trevor Romain
Owen O
May 22, 2014
Book Review
Murray Language Academy
The book I read was called Education For All. The author of the book was Ron Fridell. Ron writes many childrens books. He also writes some young adult books. His books are about many different topics.
In this book the author informs the reader that not every child is getting a proper education. He talks about how in 1990, at a UN meeting, the world agreed that every child should be educated. They said that by 2000 every child would be educated. They took steps but didn’t succeed in getting every child educated. In 2000 at the next UN meeting they agreed to have every child educated by 2015. The UN is still thinking of many strategies to help hard to reach children, and they may succeed in their goal.
The point of the book was to inform the reader. The author informed the reader that not every child was getting educated. He also talked about how some girls are not getting educated because of their gender. He also talked about how some hard to reach children are not getting educated because of their location. The author mostly talked about how some kids don’t get an education.
I enjoyed reading this book. I enjoyed it because it informed me about the world. It also informed me about the struggles that other children face to get an education. For example, in Nepal children must walk many miles in mountains to get to school. In Cambodia some children go to school on boats. In Australia, many children get their education over the radio or on computers. It shows me that other people have worse lives than me. It also shows me that I shouldn’t hate school because other children are really trying to be educated.
I would recommend this book to people who also hate school, to people who know someone in one of these situations, and to people who want to learn. I would recommend this to many types of people.
Education For All by Ron Fridell
Name:Rimaje p
School:Murray L.A
Date:5/29/14
Book Title: The Beast by Walter Dean Myers
Book Review:Recently I finished a book call The Beast Walter Dean Myers in the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling of more than eighty books for young adults. Walter Dean Myers have received two Newbery honors and five Coretta Scott king awards. In 2012, Walter Dean Myers was named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Walter Dean Myers lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.
The two main characters in The Beast are Spoon and Gabi. Spoon is going to school and working hard but that change when he goes to home for the holiday. After he gets home he soon meets up with his girlfriend Gabi and then he soon find out that she on drugs. After he finds out he ask her when did u get on drugs and he tries to help her. He starts missing school and class to help her
In writing this book Walter Dean Myers was trying to help you understand the point of view of a teenager on drugs and is facing the death of her mother while being on drugs Walter Dean Myers is also trying to say that when a person is in trouble you should do the right thing and help them. Even if it’s harming your education.
In this book sometimes I was confuse but overall I think the book give good examples of how drugs can affect others. For example in the story it says that “Spoon stayed for a couple of months’ to help Gabi “this shows that him helping her affected him going to school. Another example is that Gabi was a great writer after she started drugs she could not write any more. This shows that drugs affect her life and the way she write.
I would recommend this book to teenagers. However before they read The Beast they should know that they should know that it has the name of a lot of drugs you should not use. This book should be read by teenagers that don’t plan on using drugs.
Name: Max T
School: Dever Elementary
Date: 5-23-14
Title of Book: Esperaza rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
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This book was absolutely amazing it tells of a girl who was born wealthy. Then it all goes away. She tries to escape poverty but can’t so she accepts fate.
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Esperanza Ortega was the daughter of a rich land owner. But then her father dies and Esperanza is forced to move to the U.S eperanza tries to escape poverty. But cant because her mother gets sick so she has to work so she faces fate and works. When her mother gets better she wants to show her mother all the money she made but soothing happened to it. Then abuelita comes back and they live happy.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part was in the beginning of the story papa and esperaza were on the mountain and they felt the heart of the mountain. I liked this because I was touched that they loved each other so much.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this book because it tells of a story who goes from having a rich life to having life in poverty. And it tells her story of passing immigration.
Ryan, Pam Munoz. "Esperanza Rising." Esperanza Rising. New York Scholastic Press, 2000
Name: Jessica Maness
School: dever
Date: 5/20/2014
Title of Book: Wonder
Author of Book: R. J. Palacio
Book Review Form
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A fifth–grade boy named August (Auggie) Pullman has Treacher-Collins syndrome, a rare craniofacial deformity and his life in fifth grade for the first time after being home schooled.
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In the book Auggies mom decides he should go to school and experience life. His father disagrees but he goes anyway. His mother goes to school first to meet the principle to warn him about Auggies appearance and need for help possibly. He goes to school and Jack Wills shows him around the school because the principle asks him too but they become friends. A brave girl Summer sits next to him on the first day of school despite his looks and becomes his real friend. The book is about the hard time Auggie had in fifth grade and real friendship.
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My favorite part of the book is the beginning when Summer sits next to him and is the only brave one to do it and becomes his friend. This is something I would do and I am in 5th grade so it reminds she reminds me of being me.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I really loved this book but some parts were sad. I would recommend reading it because its about what friends should be like and how not to be a bully.
Name: Isabella C
School: Dever
Date: 5/21/14
Book Title:
Book Review:
I am commenting on Julia L’s posting. I like the book now even if I have never read it. It seems like a journey for this family and they have to pull through very hard emotions of what is happening in the story. If you liked this book you should read Esperanza Rising almost the same thing happens but it is more about Immigration.
Name: Christian G
School: Dever Elementary
Date: 5/29/2014
Title of Book: Frindle
Author of Book: Andrew Clements
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The book frindle is a book about friendship and somewhat bulling. This book is a good book because it is a book that really gets into you and you really just get into the book you just go with the flow.
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The beginning is about a kid he is in a normal class and he sees a pen and he thinks of his friends and he thinks of the word freindle and sense the pen was in front of him he gave it the name to the pen and named the pen freindle.
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My favorite part of the book is that when he grows up his teacher is old and he is famous so he is rich so he sends his teacher a gift.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…) Whoever likes loser.
Name: Jessica Maness
School: dever
Date: 5/20/2014
Title of Book: Wonder
Author of Book: R. J. Palacio
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
A fifth–grade boy named August (Auggie) Pullman has Treacher-Collins syndrome, a rare craniofacial deformity and his life in fifth grade for the first time after being home schooled.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
In the book Auggies mom decides he should go to school and experience life. His father disagrees but he goes anyway. His mother goes to school first to meet the principle to warn him about Auggies appearance and need for help possibly. He goes to school and Jack Wills shows him around the school because the principle asks him too but they become friends. A brave girl Summer sits next to him on the first day of school despite his looks and becomes his real friend. The book is about the hard time Auggie had in fifth grade and real friendship.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part of the book is the beginning when Summer sits next to him and is the only brave one to do it and becomes his friend. This is something I would do and I am in 5thgrade so it reminds she reminds me of being me.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I really loved this book but some parts were sad. I would recommend reading it because its about what friends should be like and how not to be a bully.
Name: KamilM
School: Dever School
Date: 5/23/14
Title of Book: The Watsons go to Birmingham
Author of Book: Christopher Paul Curtis
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Introduce the book: This book is about a boy named Kenny his older brother Byron little sister Joetta , dad and mom. They live in a cold house.
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Byron is a bad kid fights Kenny all the time and he lights matches even though he was warned. The dad got a boom box. Mom decided to go to Birmingham to her mother. Joetta went to church one day and she hallucinated and saw Kenny she went away from the church then a loud boom the church was bombed.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection: My favorite part was when Byron made his hair orange and when his father came from work he was not even angry he told Byron to go to the bathroom with him then Shhkk shhkk shhhk the father said now you don’t look like a clown from the circus. The father cut his hair of.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…) This is a really funny and in 0some parts sad book
Resourses: print date 1995
Name: James L.
School: Dever
Date: 5/29/14
Title of Book: Timmy Failure: now look what you’ve done
Author of Book: Stephan Pastis
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I think this book requires a good review because it is rather enjoyable And a fun novel to read. Deserves a B+
Introduce the book, It opens up at a museum for world records and Timmy breaks a statue. He breaks his arm. Timmy considers himself a good detective and enters a contest for who could find a missing globe. He fails to get to try outs in time, so he goes to a school with bad kids to enter the contest. Now, its up to Timmy to solve the contest and win 500$! This is a great book about overcoming obstacles and being resilient.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending. The book is entertaining to the end and is a long novel. It is about this kid who enters a contest and has to win it with very foolish detective skills, while he tries to solve who is sending him weird notes. Find out more in the book
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection: My favorite scene is when he fails a math test and I see what he wrote down.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…) I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for some laughs and tears. It also contains great speeches!
Pastis, Stephan. Timmy Failure: Now Look What You've Done. London: Walker, 2014. Print.
Name:Jessica.M
School: Dever
Date:5/29/14
Book Title: Wonder
Book Review:
Author of Book:
R.J.Palacio
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
In the book Wonder, August (auggie) deals with bullying. He goes to school for the first time and people make fun of him because his face is deformed. The principal tells Jack,Julian,and Summer to show auggie around .
Auggie gets made fun of when he goes to school for the first time.
My favorite part of the book is when Summer and auggie make there own lunch table.
I recommend this book to people who like detailed and interesting books.
Source:Palacio, R. J. Wonder. New York: Knapf, 2012. Print.
Jose R.
Dever
The Harlem Hellfighters
Max Brooks illistrated by Caanan white
the beginning of the book starts of with a quote from Frederick Douglass stating quote that says "Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters,U.S.,let him get an eagle on his button,and a musket on his shoulder, and bullets in his pocket;and there is no power on earth,or under the earth, which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United Stated".
The book is about a group of black people who are in the army but in the beginning they are workers who mine in the fields and one of them ,who were glasses was shot in the fields,.
One of the favorite parts of the harlem hellfighters was the ending when they show a picture of the actual harlem hellfighters
i would recommend Edward Tulane,s Meraculeas Adventures
Name:Rebecca M.
School:Dever School
Date:5-29-14
Book Title:Esperanza Rising
Book Review:Esperanza’s father had died just on her birthday party but her father had owned the land. When her mother wanted to own the land , the lawyer had said that women cannot own the land. So Esperanza’s uncle “Tio Luis”ask mama to marry him. But since Mama did not like the idea of her marrying her husbands brother , she thought it was sick and irresponsible.But when Tio Luis threatened consequences, she got scared and went so go work in California with her peasants that are no longer her peasants. But throughout this journey in California Mama gets sick and Esperanza has learned to be more responsible with her life and choices. With meguil min the way she has grown with her feelings about him. Mama does get better and of course a very happy ending.
Source:Esperanza Rising
Name:Raina R
School:Dever School
Date:5/29/14
Book Title:Esperanza Rising
Book Review:
In Esperanza Rising , I learned about overcoming obstacles like Esperanza (The main ) first she is rich selfish girl and then at the end she is a really hardworking girl. She was really trying to learn how to do basic things.Also her dad died and that was on her birthday, so her and her mother left. Along the way she is meeting new people and friends along the way.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print.
Name: Viktoria T.
School: Dever
Date: May 29, 2014
Book Title: Esperanza Rising
Book Review:
Alex B. from Dever
I would like to comment on your book review, Alex. I agree with you. Esperanza also had to overcome lots and lots and lots of obstacles, but Esperanza matured since the start of the book.
Name: Sophia J.
School: William E. Dever Elementary
Date: 5/29/2014
Book Title: Wonder
Book Review:
Comment to Nataly from John Spry
I agree with everything you said. People are getting teased for being different like August. I read that book too and it is not fair what August was going through. He was getting teased for basically no reason. I bet if the bullies were like August and they got teased they would be depressed and feel bad about themselves. It is not fair for anyone to get bullied.
Name: Amber O.
School: Dever Elementary School
Date: 5/29/2014
Book Review:
I’m commenting on a book review Jesus A. from John Spry made.
I love the book “Esperanza Rising”! Esperanza had a really hard life, but at the end she overcame her obstacles like you said. But the best part for me was one Esperanza changed her ways and didn’t act like she was rich anymore. Instead she acted like all the other Mexicans at her camp and started working hard everyday. Esperanza Rising was a good book to do a review on because of all the emotion and feeling inside the book. But I think you could of told more about the book, not just the obvious things.
Name: Viktoria T.
School: Dever
Date: May 29, 2014
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan is about a girl named Esperanza. Esperanza goes through a lot of sadness and hard times.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
In this book, Esperanza loses her father, gets her house burnt down by her uncle, loses all her belongings, gets separated from her grandmother, moves to California, has to work, becomes poor, and many, many more difficult things.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part of the book is when Esperanza gave to the poor striker family and when the grandmother, Abuelita comes to California and they don’t get separated.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
If you like sad stories with happy endings you will love this book. I recommend this book.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print.
Name:Sandra T.
School: Dever
Date:5/29/14
Book Title:Esperanza Rising
Book Comment:
I’m commenting to Jesus A
I agree with you it’s not fair what they did to Esperanza her father shouldn’t of died just when she needs him the most. What I especially didn’t like is when they went to the United States and had lots of trouble because they were not not same.
Name: Abby D.
School: Dever Elementary School
Date: 5/23/14
Title of Book: Wonder
Author of Book: R.J. Palacio
Book Review Form
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A kid with a deformity overcomes his greatest obstacle, going to a real school for a first time.
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A kid named August Pullman goes to a real school for the first time. Since he was a little kid, he was homeschooled by his mom. But here’s the catch, he has a deformed face. He has to have a lot of surgeries. Auggie takes a tour of his school, and he meets three kids. Julian, Jack Will and Charlotte. Julian is a big jerk. He acts like he is the best. He makes fun of Jake because he talks with Auggie.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part of the book is when Auggies dog dies. That is my favorite part because it reminds me of when he grandmas dog died when I was young.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this book to anyone who likes literature and fiction books. You will love this book
Source: Palacio, R. J. Wonder. Broadway: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. Print.
Name: Mario P.
School: Dever
Date: 29 May
Book Title: Esperanza Rising
Book Review:
Esperanza Rising was a great book. It was about a girl who lost almost everything to her uncle. She became poor and had to go to the United States to work for very little money. This book is a good representation of immigration and being resilient.
This book is about this girl who was very rich and she turned poor because her dad died and his brother burned down there house.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
There was this girl called ezperanza and she was very rich and her dad died by bandits and then his brother said to ezperanzas mom if she doesn’t marry him I will burn down the house and so he did and everything burned down and they were poor.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection: Where someone try to threten us.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
To some of my friend because people tretend them to.
Bullying
Comment: This boy Kevin uses crutches and he meets another kid named Max. They both like the book, King Arthur and become friends. In school, some bullies start messing with Kevin by rolling a ball at him so he could fall.The two boys are always get bullied by Blade and his gang. The boys end up helping each other against Blade. The boys just want to feel safe. It is unfair not to not feel safe at school and outside of school.
Philbrick, W. R. (1993). Freak the Mighty. New York, N.Y: Blue Sky Press.
Name:Giovanni A
School: john spry school
Date: 5-23-14
Comment: Cesar Chavez wanted better wages for his work. He was picking crops for $2.00 a day. The women and gentlemen had to use the same bathroom that was outside and there was only one. Cesar Chavez made the first strike for 5 years and he won. This story had a lot of problems.
Chavez, C., & Mallie, J. (1979). The farm workers fight on. New York: Encyclopedia Americana/CBS News Audio Resource Library.
Name:Antonio R.
Date:5-14-14
School:John Spry School
The book about Cesar Chavez was about fighting for civil rights. The owners of the farms didn’t pay them well and didn’t treat them well. Cesar united the Mexican people with the Filipinos to strike and to not eat the grapes. Cesar went to jail for striking but he got out. He finally won the strike.
Chavez, C., & Mallie, J. (1979). The farm workers fight on. New York: Encyclopedia Americana/CBS News Audio Resource Library.
Name:Jose J
School:john spry School
Date:5-23-14
Topic: Bullying
Comment: There are these two kids that get bullied. One is named Max and the other one name is Kevin. Max is a person who getting bullied by people because they are calling him a giant and fat. It is not fair because who cares if someone is fat or big. Then there’s another person named Kevin and he is getting bullied by this gang because Max is crippled. I think its not fair either because Max can’t help being crippled.
Philbrick, W. R. (1993). Freak the Mighty. New York, N.Y: Blue Sky Press.
Name:Julia L.
School:John Spry
Date:May 22, 2014
Cesar Chavez fights for his and others’ civil rights because it is the right thing to do. He was fighting for farm workers to get paid more. Also, she wanted better working conditions, like having bathrooms. The farm owners didn’t give them bathrooms because they said Mexicans don’t know how to use them. They fought for their rights by doing a huelga (strike) where a lot of farm workers joined. After a while the farm workers still didn’t do anything so Cesar Chavez decided to not eat for a long time. Then had a boycott so they wouldn’t buy grapes. After 5 years the farm owners finally gave in and gave them their rights.
Rodriguez, C. (1991). Cesar Chavez. New York: Chelsea House.
Name:Guadalupe M.
Date:5/23/14
School:Spry School
Bullying
Comment:In the book, Freak the Mighty, a bunch of boys bullied two boys. One of the boys defended the little boy. The bullies made fun of the little boy and treated unfairly. Just like in the book Cesar Chavez the farmers were treated unfair because they were different and poor. They were not paid fairly and they were working hard and they worked a lot of hours. These are two examples where people were bullied and taken advantage of.
Chavez, C., & Mallie, J. (1979). The farm workers fight on. New York: Encyclopedia Americana/CBS News Audio Resource Library.
Philbrick, W. R. (1993). Freak the Mighty. New York, N.Y: Blue Sky Press.
Name:Chantal T
Date:May 23, 2014
Topic:Civil Rights
Comment: Cesar Chavez was a very poor and nice, caring person. He was poor and the farm owners thought it was okay for everyone to use the toilets in the fields. Women had to go to the bathroom in front of the men with only a sheet to cover them. Cesar started a strike so everybody could have the same rights. He wanted workers to have separate bathrooms so that they could have privacy. He also wanted to have them earn more money for their hard work.
Chavez, C., & Mallie, J. (1979). The farm workers fight on. New York: Encyclopedia Americana/CBS News Audio Resource Library.
Robert Nellis May 23 2014
MLA Group A
Bruiser
The book I read is Bruiser. The is Neal Shusterman.He has written over 30 books for all ages.He also wrote a screenplay for “Goose Bumps”.
The book is mainly about a who is bullied by always being ignored.His name is Brewster Rawlins.He is called the bruiser and was voted “most likely to receive the death penalty” in 7th grade.
The point of the book was to show that bullying can happen when you purposely ignore someone.
I liked this book because it showed that the world has a bad side.I also liked it because a boy changed his life and got friends.
I would recommend this book to someone who can handle the bad side of the world.
Name:Chantal T.
Date:May 13,2014
School:John Spry School
Topic:Book Reviews
Comment: I think Julia L. did a great job because when people read her comment, they are going to learn a lot from it. It reminded me about the importance of praying. Francisco’s family prayed to El Nino De Atocha for one year so that Torito (LIttle Bull) would get better. I want people to start doing it because it is very powerful. I know it is a fictional book but it is just a good example of how it can work.
Name:Julian Y.
School: John Spry
Date:5-27-14
Comment:Cesar Chavez convinces the farm owners that the workers need a raise so they can live a better life. Cesar went on a hunger strike and only drank water to survive. He didn't believe in violence and didn’t fight back when the police would hit him. He also started a boycott on grapes. Cesar Chavez is a great man and made big changes.
Braun, E., & Roland, H. (2006). Cesar Chavez: Fighting for farmworkers. Mankato, Minn: Capstone Press.
Name: Santiago H
Date: May 28, 2014
School: John Spry School
Topic: Gangs
Comment: The book is about a 11-year old boy named Yummy .Yummy wanted to join the most dangerous gang in the whole neighborhood. He does join the gang and one day he is walking down the street and sees some guys that used to bully him. Yummy pulled out a gun and started shooting until he accidentally shoots a 14-year old girl. The girl dies and Yummy goes into hiding. He becomes a problem for his gang and they eventually get rid of him. This is a sad story about a very young kid on the southside of Chicago.
Neri, G., & DuBurke, R. (2010). Yummy: The last days of a Southside shorty. New York: Lee & Low Books.
Name :Alexis G.
School:John Spry
Date: May/23/2014
COMMENT: In this book, kids get bullied because of the way they look.They call one boy duck face because of his lips. He said that he was scared to go to school because it was hard for him to make friends. On the bus ride home he saw a boy and he also got bullied. He tried to become his buddy. The boy said I am not your buddy. The bullies on the bus would strangle him and call him bad words. His parents knew it is hard for him but he would defend the bullies and say that they were just being silly. His sister she does not want to go to school because people think that her brother is weird and he got more sad. It is really sad that bullying can hurt so many people.I wrote about this because no one should be treated in a way that makes them uncomfortable.
Philbrick, W. R. (1993). Freak the Mighty. New York, N.Y: Blue Sky Press.
Name:Maya K
School:Murray Language Academy
Date:5/23/14
Comment: I just finished reading a book called “The Gun/ Payback” by Paul Langan. Paul Langan is currently married with kids. He now lives in Philadelphia. He also recently just got his masters degree in education.
In the story a boy named Tyray Hobbs finally got off his suspension from school and is upset when he finds out that his friends don’t want to hangout with him anymore because he lost a fight to the weakest kid in school. He finally decides to get revenge and get something he never thought of getting a gun.
I think the point of this book is to show people that violence doesn’t solve anything. Its just makes you end up in trouble. For example, in the book Tyray had a chance to kill somebody but he didn’t. Tyray wanted to get a gun so he could point it at people who messed with him so they could be scared of him and think that he was gonna kill them. He lied to a girl just to get the money and when he lost the money the girl gave him he stole the money from his mom just to get a gun.I think my character learned that he should never steal. I learned that if i ever want to get revenge I think I should forgive and forget the situation.
I thought this was a really good topic to write about because a lot of people want to get back at somebody for what they did to them. Sometimes they actually do want to buy a gun a kill somebody. So i do think this is a good topic to write about.
I would recommend this book to kids who act mean or have thought about buying a gun or someone who was trying to harm someone. Also would recommend this book to other kids so they could know what not to do.
Name: Nataly H.
School:John Spry
Date:May 23, 2014
Bullying
Comment:In the book, Wonder by R.J. Palacio, August was born with a cleft palate. The book is about how a kid gets bullied because people think he is not normal. The other kids think he is a monster and tease him. He doesn’t have a normal face like others and in my opinion that is not normal to tease people for being different. No one is perfect in this world and no one should tease anyone for being different.
Palacio, R. J., & Alfred A. Knopf, Inc (2012). Wonder.
Name: Daniel N.
School:John Spry
Date: 5/28/14
Comment: The book about Cesar Chavez made me angry. I didn’t like how little they were paid and I don’t understand why the owners did not want to help their workers.
Braun, E., & Roland, H. (2006). Cesar Chavez: Fighting for farmworkers. Mankato, Minn: Capstone Press.
Name:Max T
School:Dever
Date:6-2-14
julian Y i havent read the book the circuit but i have seen reviews on it and the way you described it is just like the way the critics said about it. I hope to read it soon so i can post how i feel about the book.
Name: Jeremiah R.
School: Dever
Date: 2 June, 2014
I would like to comment on Julian Y. at John Spry.
Your book review made me want to read the book. It drew me in.
Name: Daniel D.
School:Dever School
Date: June,2.2014
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book:Its about a girl and her dad dies and she has to move to california because of her uncles
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending. Her mom gets sick from a dust storm but then she gets better and miguel ran away with all of her money orders
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:when miguel take her money orders and then brings back abuelita
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I
ecommend this book to anyone who likes…)I recommend this book to anybody
Name:francisco
School:Jordan school
Date:June 2-2014
Book Title:Sugar Hill
Book Review: This book is about a city in new york who european immigrants live during the 1920’s or 1930’s.This was happening during the great migration.of the early 20 century.soon the Africans came and named that city sugar Hill. Maybe because that was a happy city or time for them. Very famous African American lived there. I think that many people ( not famous) would always remember that they were living with them. This is important because they were poor and got to be famous. Getting famous takes a lot of courage and perseverance.
Source:weatherford, carole. Sugar Hill: Harlem’s Historic Neighborhood. Albert Whitman, New York. 2014.
Name:Xitlaly
School:Jordan
Date:6/02/14
Book Title:A splash of red
Book Review:This book is about a little boy named Horace Pippin who draws everything he sees. He expresses himself through his art and shows people how he feels about the social issues going on around him. In the book it said that during world war 1 he drew pictures about it it said that world war 1 “provided pivotal experience for the young pippin.” He became known as the “Cross of the war” and later “The Purple Heart” for his battle wound. He was a very observant man he found art subjects almost everywhere. He was an important African American artist.I think that his paintings brought joy to people.
Source: Bryant, Jen. A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin. Alfred Knopf, New York. 2013.
Name:Eliza D.
School:Dever
Date:June 2, 2014
Book Title:Espernaza rising
Book Review: I recently read the book esperanza rising. I learned about achieving your goals and overcoming obstacles to get there. The main character Esperanza, showed this in the book. She really wanted her abuelita (grandma) to be with her in california. She overcame a lot of obstacles to achieve her goal.
Source:Esperanza Rising
A Million Shades of Grey Book Review
Cynthia Kadohata By: Yasmine S.
Recently I read the book “A Million Shades of Grey” by Cynthia Kadohata. She won a newbery medal in 2005. And national book award for the thing about luck.
“A Million Shades of Grey” is about a boy who suffers the consequences of war, when his village goes in attack by Northern Vietnam Y’Tin loses everything he has including his friends, his beloved elephant, his house, and his normal life. And he learns how life becomes different in war.
The point of the book was to show kids how others feel during war. Some kids are more fortunate than others, this book helps them experience how some people feel everyday because of war.
I enjoyed reading this book because it was a whole new experience to me and very interesting. I never thought that even kids have to fight in war making them suffer the pain of war adults have to suffer, besides lack of food or shelter.
I would recommend this book to anyone ages 8+ to fully understand the book and understand what is happening in the book. This book is great and teaches you about hardship through a fun, loving, and adventures book.
Name:leslie
School:jordan
Date:june 2
Book Title: respecting the contributions of lgbt americans
Book Review:this book is about the lgbt americans that they say that lesbians are women who fall in love with women.gay men fall in love with other men.I think that the womans and the men should to what they need to do so like we don’t get us in trouble and if we get in love they should not tack about other ones.if they get in love with others that there problem not with us. i think that lgbt americans should be doing what ever they want.
Source: Klingston, Anna. Respecting the Contributions of LGBT Americans. Powerkids press, New York. 2013
Name: Myles G
School: Murray Language Academy
Date: 6/1/14
Book Title: Satch & Me
Book Review: In the book Satch & Me by Dan Gutman there is a kid that loves baseball. His name is Joe Stoshack and he has the power to travel through time with baseball cards. One day he traveled back in time to meet a famous baseball pitcher named Satchel Paige. In this book, there are guns involved. some people tried to shoot Satchel. Fortunately, they survived .Shooting is bad because people can get killed. It’s also bad for the killers because they can get arrested.
Name: Owen H
School: Murray Language Academy
Date: June 4, 2014
Book Title: Education For All: Floating Schools, Cave Classrooms, and Backpacking Teachers. By Ron Fridell
Book Review:
I chose a book about education around the world, particularly in developing countries, called Education for All: Floating Schools, Cave Classrooms, and Backpacking Teachers by Ron Fridell. Mr. Fridell has personal experience in developing countries, having taught English as a second language while a member of the Peace Corp in Bangkok, Thailand. He earned a Master's degree in radio, television, and film from Northwestern University in Evanston.
Education for All is about education around the world. Poor and developing countries, particularly Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia, have few and underfunded schools and a limited supply of teaching resources and teachers. Some of these schools are just shacks. These countries spend a big chunk of their money on war and leave out education. Richer nations like the United States give big loans to these countries for schools; however, the poor countries waste a lot of the money on things other than schools, which was the original loan purpose. Also these loans create big debts which cost many millions; many countries cannot repay the loans. Some developing countries have also received help from non-government organizations (NGOs), which have opened a number of schools run by people local to area. This is one way to avoid the debt trap.
The main point of the book is that bringing education to all is very hard to achieve even when people really want it. In many countries, war makes going to schools dangerous or the schools are being moved to avoid conflicts. In Fatsi, Ethiopia, students in 2003 were living in caves and being taught in moving school “houses” to avoid the war. This is now the case in Syria where school kids can’t get access to schooling because of the war.
I felt this book was inspiring in the stories about how hard people work to get education. I chose this book because I wanted to compare my experience with students around the world and it was good for this. I found it interesting that the book, written in 2003, stated that the United Nations wanted education for all by 2015 (after the original target date of 2000 didn’t work out). I think this isn’t going to happen because we still have so many problems with educating kids in the United States and around the world.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in how children are educated in other countries around the world. Education for All is a particularly good book if you want to learn about different schools in developing and developed nations. I don’t believe you need much more than an interest in the world in order to enjoy this book . I learned that war cripples schools, but people will do whatever it takes to teach their kids.
Name: Abby D.
School: Dever School
Date: 6/2/14
Book Title: The Circuit
Book Review: Julian Y. from John Spry
I would like to comment your posting. The Circuit sounds like a good book. I can’t believe that they took Francisco's brother away. The kids that bullied him were mean. Those people were being racist.
Source: Y., Julian. "Book Review." Cpskidstalk -. Julian Y., 1 May 14. Web. 02 June 2014.
Name:Lizbeth A
School:Dever school
Date:6/2/2014
Book title: Dork diaries Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Stars
Book Review:I agree with Asisa G because Mackenzie always bothers her and doesn’t like Nikki. That’s why Nikki doesn’t like going to that school. Mackenzie always bullies her and says mean things to Nikki. She hates that she has to see her at school every time. Nikki really wants to tell Mackenzie mean things like Mackenzie does to Nikki. So that’s why I agree with Asisa G.
This is a incredible book and the characters in the book show lots courage.
Introduce the book
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
There is a girl named
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
when they went to america.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
i recommend this book.
Name:Jennifer P.
School:Spry School
Date:5/29/2014
Comment:In the book Freak the Mighty, a boy gets treated bad just because he is
disabled. He feels horrible and sad because he did not know how to defend himself. If I were in his place I would feel mad and would defend myself too. I think that he thought it was unfair so thats why he stood up for himself and his new friend. In the end he defends himself and they didn’t get bothered anymore.
Philbrick, W. R. (1993). Freak the Mighty. New York, N.Y: Blue Sky Press.
Name: Daniel
School: Smyser
Date: 5-27-14
Book Title: Red Rider’s Hood
Book Review: I learned in the book ‘Red Rider’s Hood’ that you should not be in a gang. This is a good book for a student that wants to learn about gangs.
Source: Shusterman, Neal. Title: Red Rider’s Hood. Penguin Group, USA, New York: 2005
Name:Charles
School:Smyser
Date:5/28/2014
Book Title:Environmental Disasters
Book Review:This book is good to read because it tells of ways we are destroying the ecosystem and how we can stop that. Many things are killing animals and even people. We need to stop littering and polluting biomes and ecosystems. For example the oil in seas and oceans are killing fish and the nuclear power is killing people and some land animals. Our pollution is, and can destroy land and destroy wildlife.
Book Title:world war 2 in europe from normandy to berlin
Book Review:this book is about the war in europe.when america attack natzi gernamy. I recommend this book because its about world war 2 in europe.It was also about all the missons in the war.it allso has some of the qotes from genirals.this is what this book is about.
Source:Stein Conrad World War 2 in Europe
Name: Jessyka
School: Smyser
Date: May 27,2014
Book Title: Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett
Book Review: I liked this book because it was about a person that wanted to form a gang.
He wanted to make world domination but he had no
friends to form the gang with. At the start it was kind of scary because it talked about some people cutting the head of Oliver Plunkett. They put the head of Oliver Plunkett in a box in the church. And then somebody stole the head of Oliver Plunkett.
Source: Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett;Bateman, Collin;DeLacorte press;United States of America; October 2005
Name: Ana F.
School: Smyser Elementary School
Date: May,27,14
Book Title: Arthur the Scare Your Pants Off Club
Book Review: The book I read was about how a little kid wanted to get free money and he asked everybody in his neighborhood and then he asked other people around his school and they said yes but they said with’ one condition’ and he said ‘which one’ they said ‘you don't tell anybody about this” he said ‘okay’ and they didn’t really give him real money it was fake so then he went shopping and the cashier said ‘this isn’t real money and he said ‘yes it is and the said cashier said “no it isn’t” And then the little kid got arrested because Arthur called the police and Arthur was the hero and Arthur was all over the news.
Source:Arthur the Scare your Pants Off club by:Corlina Fuke
Name: Raina R
School:Dever School
Date: 6-1-14
Book Title:
Book Review: I am writing to Isabella C. , it is a sad stories that have a happy ending and have some kinda funny parts but are more serious. I think whomever is reading this should read this book.
Name: Alexandra G.
School:Smyser Elementary School
Date:May 27,2014
Book Title: The Thief Lord
Book Review:The book I read is about two children that run away from their aunt and uncle because they are cruel.And they decide to hide in Venice Italy and they meet a mysterious thirteen-year old named The Thief Lord.Then they become part of some crimes. Then the Thief Lord gave the two children a new family.
Source: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke copyright 2000
Name: Allyson.C
School: Smyser school
Date: May 27,2014
Book Title:Jumped
Book Review my book called Jumped is about bullying with girls that don't do stuff for you.the quote is sometimes what you dont say means more than what you do.Nobody is perfect thats what populars think they are perfect but god made them special. People can give so much pressure on one person that can ruin their life.people can be mean but their nice in the inside.
Source: kidstalk.wikispaces.com
Name:Jakub S.
School:Smyser Elementary School
Date:6/3/14
Book Title:The Silver Horn
Book Review:
This book is about Gangs. You can find the most info on gangs on chapters 3,4,5,6. A gang of Pirates attacked a family and they fought them and the father got a big cut on the chest and died.But the rest of the family is still alive and trapped so he fights and he gets caught trying to free his family from them. So they actually Sad if he help them they will let his family go. He said no and said that he want a 1v.1. So they do it and he wins and they let his family go.
Source:Baldry, Cherith The Silver Horn Macmillan Children’s Books: London (2001)
Name: Paola G.
School: Smyser Elementary School
Date: May 27 2014
Book Title: Dead Giveaway
Book Review: The book Dead giveaway tells about some gang and heart breaking stuff. It has many interesting stuff in it. You can learn from this book that somethings are good and somethings are bad. You can learn from your mistakes with this book.I learned that people can learn from good to bad stuff that they in the past.
Source: Title: Dead giveaway Keyes,Sammy United States of America Alfred A. KnoPf 2005 Dan Yaccarino
Name:jeremiah
School:Smyser school
Date:May 27
Book Title:The lemonade war
Book Review:this book is about a lemonade war between two lemonade stands over there customers and they fight over the best lemonade and the best amount of money so they win
the best lemonade for their customers to choose the best lemonade stand so they are having
a competition.
Source:The Lemonade War by davies jacqueline copyright 2007
Name: Martin K.
School: Smyser
Date: 5-27-14
Book Title: The Thief Lord
Book Review: This book goes in the topic gangs. It goes into that topic because it’s about how two children who ran away from their mean aunt and uncle and become thieves. The book has taught me that some gangs happen because they what money and were poor. I learned that people that hated their live will most likely go in a gang or form one. This is what I learned from the book.
Source: Funke,Cornelia. Title: The Thief Lord.Scholastic Inc.: New York: 2000
Name: Beatriz M
School: Smyser
Date: 5/27/14
Book Title: Beating Heart
Book Review: I learned how to overcome problems in Beating Heart. Where in the separate times they were in the olden days of how a seventeen year old overcomes moving in an old house. And that he gets a feeling he is not alone this book was written in the olden times about the people of the old western believe in the olden spirits of who die. Thats a few things you need to know about this book and about the challenges that he faces in the real world you might relate to the experiences that he faces with his little sister about his parents divorce and that his father was brutal to him i think you will like this book because some people can relate to the story and have mixed feelings about the situation.
Name: Emanuel D
School: Smyser Elementary
Date: 6/3/14
Book Title: The Vietnam War The Chronicle of America’s Wars
Book Review: This about war. People got really angry because of Buddhists. A man burned himself to death because of Buddhists. That man’s name was Quang Duc. This war was very sad. I think it was sad because many people died and some people killed themselves like Quang Duc. There was a photograph of a young women kneeling over one of the dead protesters became a symbol of war.
Source: Debbie Levy Lerner Publications Company
Name:Emarild
School:Smyser School
Date:5-27-14
Book Title:Earth the making of a planet
Book Review: This book is about the environment it shows how the earth formed,pollution,and rocks. It is a really interesting and long book it also shows important time periods in the Earth's history.Also it shows the ancient life that lived on Earth Millions of years ago. It also shows landforms,continents,supercontinents,and large volcanos. It also shows how animals evolve over time.
Source:Earth the Making of a Planet by Gallent,Roy
Name:Nick
School:Smyser
Date:5/27/14
Book Title:America At War
Book Review:This book is about wars. This is a poem book so if you like poems this is the book for you. This tells about all the wars up until now. This book is about peace. I like it you should check ---it out.
Source: America At War Jurmain Suzanne
Name:Weronika M
School:Smyser School
Date:June 3,2014
Book Title:Why are you picking on me?
Book Review: In this book there's a girl named Kristina.Kristina and her family moved to a town right before school started.Kristina made a friend named Angela.During lunch time there was a girl named Shelby.Shelby bumped into Kristina on purpose.Shelby tells Kristina that she did that because she feels like a loser.Kristinas friend Angela warns her about Shelby that she is mean.Shelby hears what Angela tells Kristina now Shelby is stilling Kristinas lunch.After all Shelby gets away with it and Kristina said’’Besides, was a piece of cake worth a fight?’’I believe that Kristina did the right thing.In this story Kristina gets help by here new friend Angela.Even though Kristinha is a new kid at school because its her first year at this school she can count on Angela.I think that their friendship will last forever.The reason why I think that because one of my friends helped me when i was a new kid and we are friends forever.So that is my book review.
Source: Why are you picking on me? By:Burstein, John
Name: Elizabeth C
School:Lara Academy
Date:6/4/14
Book Title: Sometimes My Mom Drinks too Much
Book Review:This book by Sheila Stewart and Rae Simons is a non-fiction informational book. Its interesting book because in the beginning it has a story about a kid whose parent drinks too much. After the short story they explain it and what alcoholism is like for a better understanding. I recommend this book to kids who want to understand what their parent is going through in alcoholism and can be prepared when something happens. They can know why this is happening.
Source: Stewart, S., & Simons, R. (2011). Sometimes my mom drinks too much. Broomall, Pa: Mason Crest Publishers
Name:Axel H
School:Agustin Lara Academy
Date:6-4-2014
Book Title:Immigration in the us
Book Review:This is book is by Tammy Gagne, this book is nonfiction it is also informational. It is interesting to many people that are trying to find out how does immigration work or is in the U,S. Some one in my family is an immigrant and wants to find out how to get into united states i would recommend this book to my family member. I would also recomend it to kids who wants to know more about immigrants that travel to the united states.
Source:Gagne, T. (2014). Immigration in the US.
Name: Jennifer D.
School: Agustin Lara Academy
Date: June 4, 2014
Book Title: Ellis Island
Book Review: The book I read about told me a lot about what things they did in Ellis Island, for example, needing to do a health check and other different types of checks. This book is a non-fiction informational book that has true stories, quotes, and fun information about Ellis Island. I did not have any connections about the book but I would recommend it because it has a lot of information of the past of Ellis Island and pictures to help us understand. I think a kids that had family members that went through Ellis Island would like this book and would like to learn more about it.
Source: McDaniel, M. (2011). Ellis Island. New York: Children's Press.
Name:Saul G
School:Lara
Date:6-4-14
Book Title:JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL
Book Review:I read a book called JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL. Its about a boy named joey pigza going to his dads house over the summer . Before he actually meets his dad, he has got high expectation like him being exactly like him but older.so when him and his dog pablo, get to the dads house they are very exited. When joey meets his dad for the first time he actually meets his expectation but through the stuff he does joey realizes that he does not like his dad and is relieved when he finally leaves. I would recommend this book to people whose parents are divorced because they might be able to relate to it.
Source:Gantos, J. (2000). Joey Pigza loses control. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Name:Jacob G
School:Lara
Date:6-4-14
Book Title:US IMMIGRATION SERVICES
Book Review:This book was about immigrants and if you don’t know what an immigrants are they are”A people who come to live permanetly in a foreign country”. it also said “The United states is a land of immigrants.” just about every country of the world is represented in our citizenry”. this book is about immigrants. I recommend this book to all people.
Source:Leavitt, A. J. (2014). U.S. immigration services.
Name:Veronica L
School:Lara Academy
Date:6-4-14
Book Title:Immigration and Migration
Book Review:the author of the book I read was written by Roza G. the book is nonfiction informational. the book tells about the very first immigrants . It also tells about slavery and how abraham Lincoln was very concerned about that. I think this would be a good book for kids who are still learning about how all this immigration started. It was a good book because it really helps you get a good understanding about this issue.
Source:Roza, G. (2011). Immigration and migration. New York: Gareth Stevens Pub.
Name:Siham.A
School:Lara
Date:6-4-14
Book Title:My name is Bilal
Book Review: I read a book about this new girl to a school thats Muslim And people bully her because of how she dresses.And she has a brother that is standing up from the bully’s that bully her.This book also had a moral that was “Dont judge people because of how they look.” And i really enjoyed the book because it tought you a lesson and it was intresting. I would recomend this book to middle school kids because they might know more about these sorta of situations or maybe kids that have gone thru the experience of how it is to get bullied.
Source:Mobin-Uddin, A., & Kiwak, B. (2005). My name is Bilal. Honesdale, Pa: Boyds Mills Press.
Name:Lorena J.
School:Lara
Date:06-05-14
Book Title:Ghetto Cowboy
Book Review:I read the book ghetto cowboy and the author/illustrator of the book is Neri G, and Watson, j.j the genre of this book is realistic fiction. this book is a chapter book, it is also a informational book because it teaches me about gangs and alcohol.this book is interesting because the events happening in the story could happen in real life and its also teaching me about gangs and bad things in life.the connections that i made with this book is that my cousins parents also separated like caltrain’s parents did, and my cousin was also with her mom but then her mom gave her to her dad, just like caltrains parents. I would recommend this book because it really helps you understand, things that occur in life and maybe also why things happen in life and its also teaching me about gangs and street violence.the kinds of kids that i think would like this book is-are teen agers or middle schoolers because i think that this age group could really relate to what happens in this book.
Source:Neri, G., & Watson, J. J. (2011). Ghetto cowboy: A novel. Somerville, Mass: Candlewick Press.
Name: Litzy G.
School: Lara Academy
Date: 6/5/14
Book Title: Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports
Book Review: I read this book called Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports by Tony Khing. This book is nonfiction and an informational book. What makes this book interesting is that it tells you the athlete that uses a type of performance enhancing drugs and how it affects their career. The connections that I have made is that since they are using drugs to boost themselves and I feel bad because some of the athletes that use these drugs were my idols. I would recommend it because I think people deserve to know that some of their idols use drugs. I would recommend this to kids who are into sports because they need to know the results of using these bad drugs.
Source: Khing, T. (2014). Performance-enhancing drugs in sports.
Name:Justin L.
School:Agustin Lara Academy
Date:5/5/14
Book Title: Baseball Great
Book Review: I read the book Baseball Great by Tim Green and its a fictional chapter book its an interesting book because it has to do with baseball and the kid faces trouble I don't want to be in when I get his age like smoking and taking steroids which is what josh did . The only connection I have with it is that I play baseball and I think I know why the kid would want to do that. I would recommend this book because its very good for preparing yourself for your teens or future life. Kids who play sports and are dealing with drug trouble then this is the book for you.
Source: Green, T. (2010). Baseball great. New York: Harper.
Name:Jasmine A
School:lara
Date:june 5,2014
Book Title:Alcohol
Book Review:i just finish reading the book Alcohol and this book is about how alcohol is bad for you.also this book includes a first hand account and it has the amount that a women should drink and the amount that a man should drink. this book is non fiction because it includes real things that could happen to you.This book is a informational book.this book was interesting because it talks about how alcohol is bad for you and what damages it makes in your body and what causes it makes.the connections that i made in this book where how all the people that i know that drink alcohol and the damages they made.the reason i would recommend this book would be because people do not know what would happen if they drink alcohol.i think that the kids that would read this book would be kids that drink alcohol and do things they are not supposed to.
Source:Rooney, A. (2011). Alcohol. Mankato, Minn: Arcturus Pub.
Name:sammy l
School:lara
Date:6-06-14
Book Title: the bank of badness
Book Review: i read the book robinsons hood the bank of badness. And this type of book is a chapter book .what makes this book interesting is they have real gangs like in real life and they do a lot of bad things like the ones in real life. what connections i have with this book is that same time i also see life shootings outside my home .i would recommend this book because it teaches other people right from wrong. I would also recommend this book to kids that are maybe in gangs or even not in gangs that are just curious.
Source:Gottesfeld, J. (2013). The bank of badness. Costa Mesa, Calif.: Saddleback Pub.
Name:Osbaldo L.
School:Lara
Date:6-6-14
Book Title: The club
Book Review: I read the book called the club and i learned that in most gangs you have to complete a task to be able to join a certain gang. in my book this kid named true wanted to join this club but he had to rob a house and bring them a stolen object. he got sent to juvy and he realize he didn’t like being in the club as much as he thought it would. and this is exactly what makes this book interesting. some connections i made with this book is that i have sometimes been hanging out with bad people and i sometimes got bad influences. i would recommend this book to anybody who hangs out with bad influences and teens since most teens are most likely to join gangs. i enjoyed this book and i hope that you enjoy it too!!!
Source:Bahlinger, L., & Strickland, M. R. (2002). The club. Logan, Iowa: Summit Books
Name:Jovany D
School:Lara
Date:6/5/14
Book Title:Beneath a meth moon
Book Review: i read this book called beneath a meth moon and its fiction book that is a chapter book and what makes this book really interesting is that it doesn't have a happily ever after ending because at the end she is still in recovery. she was once a high school cheer leader until she had a crush on this boy that they call t boom and they start to go out and then t boom makes laurel use some meth but laurel didnt know it was a drug and after that she started begging for money so she can buy meth and her life starts to fall apart after this and
i do not have any connections to this book and i would recommended because the plot is very
interesting and what happens is when this girl named laurel meets a guy named moses
and then things start to better for her
Source:Woodson, J. (2012). Beneath a meth moon: An elegy. New York, N.Y: Nancy Paulsen Books.
Name:Ariana F.
School:Lara
Date:06/05/14
Book Title:We beat the street
Book Review: I readed the book “We beat the street.” The author of this story is Davis,sampson.This book is nonfiction because its base of a real story.This book is a informational book because its talking about a story that did happened in real life and how the three boys/men became doctors and how hard it was to became a doctors because they grow up in the “ghetto.” This book is interesting because of the struggle they went through became doctors,and they didn't quit just because of the struggle they kept following their dreams until they became doctors.This book remembers me of this person,because that person did follow his dream even tho…..he did drugs and sold drugs at one point…but he still kept with his dreams which was to finish school and have a house.I recommend this book because this book talk about real things in life.I’ll recommend this book to people who say “ oh i live in the “ghetto” so i can't have dreams. or I can't follow my dream,” because you really can.
Source:Davis, S., Jenkins, G., & Hunt, R. (2005). We beat the street: How a friendship pact helped us succeed. New York: Dutton Children's Books.
name: nathan F
Date:june 6
I read about Gay issues and politics and it says that gay people really didn’t get a lot of privileges like non gay people did. Now rules changed, gay people get everything like non gay do. Some of the states that banned gay marriage are taking it back little by little.
Seba, Jamie A. Gay Issues and Politics Marriage, the Military, and Work Place Discrimination. Mason Crest Publishers INC. 2011. Broomall, Pennsylvania.
Name:Saul
School:Jordan
Date:6/6/14
Book Title:Gun crime
Book Review:People are making too much Robberies and most are robbed with guns. About 12,000 are shot and even killed. every year an average of 38 people get killed in a day. The reason people get guns fast is the usa is selling guns for little money
Source: FLINT DINK, GUN CRIME,Smart apple media,minnesota 2012
Name: Alexandra C.
School: Jordan community school
Date: 06/02/2014
Book Title: Freedom on the menu
Book Review: I think about this book that the people have to have equal rights to go where ever they want. In this book the people weren't allowed to go to stores or they will go to jail. The girl went to jail because she went to the place where the colored don't have to go.
Source:Weatherford, Carole. Freedom on the Menu:The Greensboro Sit-ins Penguin Group, New York, 2005
Name: Kelvin
School: Jordan Community School
Date: June 6, 2014
Book Title: Gay Issues and Politics: Marriage, The Military, and Workplace Discrimination.
Book Review: This book was really interesting, it showed a lot of things about society and how it treats homosexual people. In Greenwich Village, cops in plainclothes raid a gay hangout. The cops were now targets of thrown stones, and police cars smashed by parking meters. GAys can only be married in 5 states! (Including Washington DC) So… America isn’t really that free for specific people. If you want to know about Gay Issues and Politics, this book is for you.
Source: Seba, Jaime. Gay Issues and Politics: Marriage, The Military, and Workplace Discrimination. Mason Crest, Broomall, Pennsylvania
Name:samantha
School:Jordan
Date:6/6/14
Book Title: American Heroes Rosa Parks
Book Review:Rosa Parks stand up for her rights.She had a the courage to make a difference.I think she did the right thing on the bus because , if i was in the bus i wouldn’t give my seat away.Rosa became famous for heroic act.What i learned from this book is don’t treat others bad because they are different.And every one should have the same.
Source:Collard III, Sneed, American Heroes, Marshal Cavendish Tarrytown,New York
Name:Anael F
School:jordan
Date:6-6-14
Book Title:Forensic secrets
Book Review:1. I think it will be fair for the crime scene to be away from children because hey could get shot.
2. I think it will be fair if the book wouldn’t tell you if you are doing a crime it tells you what not to do if you’re doing a crime.
3.it will be fair if the crime and the crime scene will be inside a bulding because if people saw the crime scene maybe it will incourage them to do a crime.
publisher:Amicus,date of publish:2011,city:North Mankato,Minnesota
Name:Fredy
School:jordan
Date:6/6/14
Book Title:Gun Crime
Book Review:I disagree that people should not have guns because the crime is high in the united states and they average 30 people. it will not be fair that people should not have guns because people shot 12,000 people every year. I think that when people shoot they can killed someone so they should not have guns. In my opinion that people have guns is not good because when people buy guns and killed them with their guns a lot.
Name:Alexis s.
School:Jordan
Date:6/6/14
Book Title: Malcolm Little
The boy who grew up to become malcolm x
Book Review:
It is about that people didn’t like african americans, they burned malcolm’s house. Then later malcolm’s dad died. At school his english teacher asked him what he wanted to be. He said a lawyer he had good grades to be a lawyer. His teacher taught african americans can’t do high things.
Source: Shabazz,Ilyasah
Malcolm little the boy who grew up to become malcolm x
Ilyash shabazz,New york,2013
Name:Ashanti A
School:Jordan
Date:06-06-14
Book Title: The girl from the tar paper school
Book Review:Barbara was just like Rosa Parks. I read one of the chapters from the book and it seems like Barbara has the same bravery like Rosa. African American children from Prince Edward County were unable to attend school so Barbara went to court and fought so that African American kids could’ve go to school. As a result the Supreme Court ruled that Prince Edward County violated the fourteenth Amendment by not letting black children get their education. What I think about this is that Barbara did the right thing and that all those children should be thankful.
Source:Kanefield,T. (2014).The girl from the tar paper school.New York:Abrams books for young readers.
Name:Ariana G
School:Jordan
Date:6/6/2014
Book Title:The freedom Riders
Book Review:
It is about that there was a person name jim crow and he make some laws that african american people and caucasian people they need to be segregated.African american people needed to be segregated with caucasian people.African american people were required to de in the african american and on the buses they need to sid at the rear and they have to give up their seat to the caucasian people.
Source: Kent,Deborah,
The Freedom Riders
Children Press,Chicago,
By Nicolle G
6/6/14
Science vs Crime
1. I agree that crime is good finding bad guys with clues .
2.I agree that science could help with your assessment and with crime and search with clues.
3.I agree that crime is helpful than science because crime could find clues,details
4.I agree that science could solve mystery than crime because they use that who did this.
My opinion is crime and science are helpers because they could find the bad guys and the clues and the mystery.
Royston, Angela. Publisher Gareth Stevens Publisher, New York, NY, 2013
Name:Alexandra L
School:Dever
Date:6/5/14
Book Title: The Truth About The Truman School
Book Review:I think The Truth About The Truman School sounds like a good book Jaden W. I never seen a school that hides itself. Cool. :)
Name: Alina W
School:Murray
Date:5/25/14
Book Title: Saraswati’s Way
Book Review: The name of the book I read was called Saraswati’s Way by Monika Schroder. She lives in Germany, and was an elementary school teacher and librarian.
In the book, the main character is Akash. He can’t find a tutor to for Seventh Standard. Akash’s dad dies. Akash to work for the him because rent doesn’t get paid. Akash has to go find a tutor so he ditches work. Ramesh is a newspaper owner, and helps him earn money for a tutor. When Akash finds a tutor, they don’t teach him correctly. Akash sells drugs for a friend so he can go find a better tutor, but their boss fires them. Akash is stranded and can’t figure out what to do.
The message is that you should never quit and always keep trying because everything turns out fine. Akash follows Saraswati’s way, but she has abandoned him, because it feels like he has forced him into telling him what to do.
This book had a back and forth feeling. It didn’t have as much bullying, but it definitely had examples.
I would recommend this book to people who have a life like Saraswati so they can relate.
Name:Alberto L
School:Spry school
Date:6-2-14
Comment: Abby D. wrote a very good paragraph because is so sad how the dog dies. Abby D compared his death to her grandmother’s dog dying. Also, Julian it is a big jerk and bully. I read that book too, and I like it even though it is sad.
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Name:Julia L.
School:John Spry Community School
Date: April 30, 2014
Book Title: The Circuit
Book Review:
I learned about overcoming obstacles in the Circuit. Francisco and his family faced many obstacles. There was one time Torito (Little bull) got very sick and he was just a newborn. Papa and mama went to a curandera (witch doctor) to heal Torito. At first Torito was getting better but then he got worse. They didn’t know what to do, so mama promised that they would pray to El nino de Atocha for a year if Torito got better. Torito did get better and mama kept her promise. Another obstacle Francisco faced was not knowing English when he started first grade. It was a problem because he didn’t understand the teacher so he couldn’t learn. He had to repeat the first grade because he didn’t learn anything. These are just a few of the obstacles he faced and overcame.
Source: Jiménez, F. (1997). The circuit: Stories from the life of a migrant child. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Name: Julian Y.
School: John Spry
Date: May 1, 2014
Book Review:I learned about forgiveness in the book, The Circuit. Francisco forgave his dad for having a gun and hitting his mom. His father disappointed him and they had many problems but Francisco did not hold that against his father. And when Francisco accidently burned the house, his family forgave him. This family stuck together and forgave each other for their mistakes.
Source: Jiménez, F. (1997). The circuit: Stories from the life of a migrant child. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Name: Emily T.
School: John Spry
Date: April 30, 2014
Book Title: The Circuit
Book Review:
In the book The Circuit, I learned that Francisco and his family had to overcome many obstacles. They had to cross the border illegally from Mexico to Santa Maria, California. Then the family couldn’t afford to stay anywhere so they had to go to a camp named Tent City. Francisco then went to school and he would miss a lot of schoolwork because he didn’t understand English . So he would only do art to help him learn. And he would also get bullied because he was Mexican. Francisco missed school for 5 years in order to work to help his family with bills. He went back to school in 8th Grade. When Francisco had to present for an assignment in school, the immigration police (La Migra) came and took him and his brother back to Mexico. They eventually made it back and things got better.
Source: Jiménez, F. (1997). The circuit: Stories from the life of a migrant child. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Name: Jesus A.
School: John Spry
Date: May 1, 2014
Book Title: Esperanza Rising
Book Review:I learn about overcoming obstacles in Esperanza Rising. The main character Esperanza had a big obstacle, her dad died. She was very sad and things got bad because when papa died, her family lost everything. Her father died when the house burned down. Her tio Luis wanted to marry her mama but she didn’t want to get married. Mama decided to go to California. Esperanza and her mama had a hard time but they did not give up.
Source: Ryan, P. M. (2000). Esperanza rising. New York: Scholastic Press.
Name: Chantal T.
School: John Spry
Date: April 30, 2014
Book Title: Reaching Out
Book Review: I learned about accepting others in the book Reaching Out. Laura accepted Francisco even though he was Mexican and crossed the border illegally. Laura explained to Francisco that her uncle had also crossed the border illegally. Francisco was surprised because he thought that Laura was not going to accept him because he had been rejected by Peggy in eighth grade. Peggy’s parents did not approve of Francisco and they influenced her to not be friends with him. In college, Francisco met Laura and he knew that she was the girl that was the love of his life. He was honest about being an illegal immigrant to Laura and her family. They accepted him and his family was proud of him for not being ashamed. His family would always lie and tell people they were Mexican but born in California. Francisco knew that it was a wrong to lie, and decided not to hide the truth. We should never have to deny who we are in order to be accepted.
Source: Jiménez, F. (2008). Reaching out. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Name:Chantal T
School:Spry
Date:May 2,2014
Book Title:Reaching out
Book Review:I think that Julia’s book report is a good report because when people start reading it they are going to learn from it a lot. After they start reading from Julia’s report,people are going to start doing the stuff that they read from Julia’s report.
Name:JESUS A
School:JOHN SPRY
Date:MAY 2,2014
Book Title reaching out
Book Review: I think julian did a very good job in his report because julian rolt about how to said sorry and to forgave his dad because he had a gun in his hand. And you should read his report because is very good and very nice.Other thing is that i think someone should write his report because is cool.
Name:Noel C.
School: John Spry
Date: 5- 2-14
Book: Breaking Through
Book Review: I learned about immigration and overcoming obstacles in the book Breaking Through. Francisco trying to go to college and finish school but his family lives in a labor camp. They make very little money and can not pay for the college. Francisco is the president of his school and is very successful in school. He gets a scholarship to pay for college. He makes friends in college and continues to do well. Francisco meets Father O'neal and he helps him with his problems. Francisco is an immigrant and has problems but he still goes to college.
Source: Jiménez, F. (2001). Breaking through. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Name:Julian Y
School:John Spry Community school
Date:5/2/14
Book Title:Esperanza rising
Book Review. I Thought it was a really good report. It had a lot of details on what happens in the story. It says what jesus learned from it what he overcome.
Name Jose j
School:John Spry
Date:May 2, 2014
Book Title:The Circuit
Book Review: I think that Julian Y book review is cool because you give me some information about the circuit and i haven't even read it.
Manuel G.
Thoughts
At Ellis Island
Athens book,2007
Author,peacock,louse
1.in My Thougts it reminds Me of my great great great great grandpa when he when he was in a ship to go to America.
2.My Thoughts are that the book is talking about Immagration so My dad was in Magration 2 years ago.
3.Immigration is a police that arrest you if you don't have papers
4.when the books talks about the food it shows how My dad didn't like the food in Immigration there should be better food
Name Nicolle
Comment I feel bad because these people try to pass the bad people. The people was almost there but the bad people were coming they got them,there people survived.
By shane w. Evans,Underground
Were roaring brook press.
Year 2011
Name JUAN C
School:Jordan
Date:5/2/14
Comment:How I feel of satcher happy because he was the good pitcher and his team win all the games.
source: ransome vesa cline satchel paige simon and schuster 2000.
Name Nathan F
Date May 2 ,2014
school jordan commuity school
I like it because it shows that you can go to a school with one color of skin and you're the one that is different. It gives them hope about how you can not be mistreated today but could in the past.
Title : The school is not white!
By: Rapport, Doreen
Name Nicolle
school name Jordan
Comment I feel bad because these people try to pass the bad people. The people was almost there but the bad people were coming they got them,there people survived.
By shane w. Evans,Underground
Were roaring brook press.
Year 2011
Name:Monasia H
School:Jordan Community School
Date:4/28/14 THOUGHTS
Weatherford, Carole
Moses
Hyperion books, 2006
Harriet Tubman was born into slavery 1819 or 1822,Dorchester County, Maryland.
Harriet Tubman change her name at the age 19 , her birth name is Araminta Ross.
Harriet Tubman mother name was Harriet Green her father name was Benjamin Ross.
Harriet Tubman never had children.
Harriet Tubman got married to John Tubman she was about 24 years old.
Name: Alex B.
School: Dever
Date: 5-20-14
Book Title: Esperanza Rising
Book Review:
This book was about a rich girl who didn't have to do anything and lost her father forcing her to live under her uncle’s ( Tio Luis )
conditions. Women in Mexico at that time were not allowed to own land so Esperanza’s mom only owned the house. This forced them to move to Arvin ,California with their ( used to be servants.) They had to work hard there and Esperanza started working too because of her mom getting valley fever. This was a big change in her life, in a short time. In these camps different people had different conditions so some people striked for better pay and conditions. These strikers put things in the workers things and later got deported back to Mexico.Later on in this story Esperanzas grandmother came and everyone got excited. On the end Esperanza remembers the mountains and valleys( good and bad times ) shes been through so she goes and sees if she could still hear the lands heartbeat.
Source: Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print.
Name: Asisa G.
School: Murray Language Academy
Date: May 20, 2013
Book Title: Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not- So- Talented Pop Star
Book Review: In this book a girl named Nikki Maxwell is always being chastised by a girl named Mackenzie Hollister. Mackenzie would threaten and say mean things to Nikki. This is a form of bullying. From Mackenzie bullying Nikki, Nikki would think about bad things that will happen to her, feel insecure at times, and worried about coming to school and having to face Mackenzie.
Source: Title: Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not- So-Talented Pop Star
Author: Rachel Renee Russell
Publisher: ALADDIN/ Simon & Schuster, New York
Copyright date: 2011
Name: Lesette N
School: Dever School
Date:
Book Title: Esperanza Rising
Book Review: In the beginning of the book when there were in california when esperanza meets Marta she does like like her because of how spoiled Esperanza was also they were always fighting and Marta would always call Esperanza names… Another example is at the end of the book Esperanza and Marta were best friends and they helped each other like when they were striking and Esperanza helped Marta because Esperanza hide Marta.
Source: Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print.
Name: Isabella C.
School: Dever Elementary
Date: 5/17/14
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
The book Esperanza Rising about a girl that is about 11 years old. She has lost her father right before her birthday. Her house has been given to her mother but the land that the house sits on is given to her uncle Tio Luis. The house is burned down and thats when the move to California.
My favorite part of the book by far was when Mama looks at the man where the border of Mexico and the United States was. She gave him all their papers but he was still asking dumb questions. Since she didn’t want to answer one of the question she told him that her papers were all fine and she gave him a look. It was so funny because he looked at her again and she was still giving him the stare.
I would recommend this book to people that like books based on true stories. Also if you like sad stories that have a happy ending and have some kinda funny parts but are more serious.
Date: 5/20/2014
Title of Book: Wonder
Author of Book: R.J Palacio
Book Review Form
Introduce the book:
The book “Wonder” was about a homeschooled fifth grader named August, August’s is deformed. This year he’s going to go to an actual school instead of homeschooling, even though he doesn’t want to. Three students named Charlotte, Julian, and Jack introduce August to the new school. But one of the students (Julian) was mean to August and is still mean to him throughout the whole story. Also when August goes to school he gets bullied for how he looks.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
August turns out to have two best friends Jack and a girl he meets named Summer. One day, Jack betrayed August and made fun of him with a mask on. Sooner August forgives Jack and they become best friends. The school goes on a sort of field trip to see “The Sound Of Music”. During the movie August and Jack go to the bathroom, but they get stopped by a group of teens. The teen were going to beat them up, but a kid named Amos saved August and Jack. The teens chase them for a while and when they stopped they all went back to the movie.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part of the book is when Amos standed up for August and Jack. He could’ve just kept walking, but he didn’t. He saved August and Jack, with Amos they probably would’ve gotten really hurt. This changed the whole story from bullying to helping someone. It was really a turning point, a good turning point.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this book to a kid who is suffering bullying to show that people will stand up to you and the bullying will stop. Or to someone who wants to stop bullying. But I think that anyone who reads this book will enjoy it. Wonder is probably one of the best books I read.
Name:Anna L.
School:Dever
Date:5-21-14
Book Title:Wonder
Book Review:
Auggie faces many obstacles in wonder. He has to go to a new school, and this is hard for him because he has a facial deformity. But Jack and summer help auggie get through the school year.
Source: Palacio, R. J., & Knopf, I. (). Wonder. : .
Jaden W.
Murray Language Academy
May 21, 2014
Book Review: The Truth About Truman School
Recently, I finished reading The Truth About Truman School (T.A.T.) by Dori Hillestad Butler. Dori lives in Morton Grove, IL and has written books for teens and children. She had received both Children’s Choice Award and Iowa Teen Award.
The main character’s in T.A.T. is Zebby and Amr, create a website called thetruthabouttruman.com. They wanted it to be a way for people to know the honest and real things that were going on at Truman Middle School. They wanted to have a place to say the things that the school newspaper wouldn’t ever say but it soon turned into a cyberbullying website and had to be shut down.
The book has taught me about what cyberbullying is and that it is wrong and that cyberbullying can happen to anyone. There was this girl named Amanda Todd who was cyberbullied. An older man posted naked pictures of her and said she gave him H.I.V. There was also a movie called Cyberbully. It’s about a girl who gets picked on in school and on the internet. The movie shows that anyone can be cyberbullied, even your close friend.
While I sometimes felt angry at the book, overall I thought it was a great book. The author did a very great job of keeping the person who was the cyberbully hidden and try to trick us and make us confused on who the cyberbully was. Amr and Trevor were in the hot seat because they were both tech masters.
I would recommend this book to 12-21 year olds because teens are mostly the ones who participate in cyberbullying. However, before they read T.A.T, they should understand how they use hurtful words.
Name: Sophia J.
School: William E. Dever Elementary
Date: 5-22-14
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
This was an amazing book that shows how a person can overcome all the negativity in their life and become successful.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
There is a girl named Esperanza and she has everything she wants. But one thing turns her whole world upside down. For the first time in her life she has to work to get a decent life. She has to do things she has never done like work, share and learn how to help others. But at first she doesn't want to realize that she is not rich and can’t have people working for her. She has to learn to work for herself and even deal with a couple mean people.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part of the book is when everything is wrong Esperanza is still nice to the people mean. Her life might even be endangered but she does what she thinks is right. I feel that if she does want she thinks is right not safe, then it is the right thing to do.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for encouragement. You can learn so much about determination and hard work from Esperanza.
Resources
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print.
Name:Anna L.
School:Dever
Date:5-23-2014
Title of Book:Wonder
Author of Book: R.J Palacio
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
Wonder is a book about bullying and being brave.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
Auggie has a facial deformity and for the first time he has to go to school.At first he doesn’t want to go to school because he doesn’t have a normal face. But he is normal on the inside. He makes new friends that see him for who he is on the inside.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part of the book is when Jack stands up for Auggie when he is bullied about his face by 7th graders.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this to 9-13 year olds because it discusses bullying and how you can be friends with anybody.
Source:
Ryan, P. M. (2000). Esperanza rising. New York: Scholastic Press.
Name: Konrad p
School:dever
Date:5-23-2014
Book Title: Wonder
Book Review: I feel bad for August because he had a messed up face and every one would make fun of him.Then he get sad and they would not stop until someone stood up for him.
Source: Wonder Book R.J Palacio
Name: Amber O.
School: Dever Elementary School
Date: 5/20/2014
Title of Book: Wonder
Author of Book: R.J Palacio
Book Review Form
Introduce the book:
The book “Wonder” was about a homeschooled fifth grader who gets bullied because of the way he looks.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
A deformed boy named August is going to new school this year, even though he doesn’t want to. He was homeschooled his whole life. When he gets to the new school he faces a lot of obstacles. August faces bullying, judgement, and hatred, but he faces bullying the most. All the kids bully, judge, and hate him for the way he looks. They don’t know how nice and kind August really is. He sometimes wishes he could go back to homeschooling. But one day this all changed and his school life went from bad to good.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part of the book is when Amos standed up for August and Jack when teenagers were bullying them. He could’ve just kept walking, but he didn’t. He saved August and Jack, without Amos they probably would’ve gotten really hurt. This changed the whole story from bullying to helping someone. It was really a turning point, a good turning point.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this book to a kid who is suffering bullying to show that people will stand up to you and the bullying will stop. Or to someone who wants to stop bullying. But I think that anyone who reads this book will enjoy it. Wonder is probably one of the best books I read.
Resources:
Palacio, R. J. Wonder. United States of America: Knopf for Young Readers RH Childrens, 2012. Print.
Name: Nick M
School: Dever School
Date: 5/23/2014
Title of Book: Wonder
Author of Book: R.J Palacio
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
A kid with a deformed face understands that how you look from the outside has nothing to do with friendship and he will understand that your soul is the heart of everything.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
There was a kid named Auggie that has a deformed face and for the first time he is going to a school. At the beginning everyone is going to make fun of him but after the time past he is going to meet some nice friends and going to understand that the outside look has nothing to do in friendship.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part of the book is at the ending when Auggie understands that how you look is not everything and he makes a lot new friends.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
If you are a person that likes perseverance you will love this book because it shows how a kid with face problems shows power and at the end he wins.
Source: Palacio, R. J. Wonder. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.
Name: Bartosz K.
School: William E. Dever School
Date: 5/23/2014
Title of Book: Finding Zasha
Author of Book: Randi Barrow
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
The name of the book is Finding Zasha. The author of the book is Randi Barrow.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
The book Finding Zasha is about a boy named Ivan who’s home is invaded by Nazi’s. Ivan than plays some music for them and the Nazi’s decide to take Ivan with them so he can play music for them. When Ivan arrives at the Nazi’s base he meets two dogs that he needs to help train. Ivan thinks that it is bad that the dogs are being raised to capture people in the war and tries to secretly raise the dogs in a way that the Nazi’s wouldn’t want to. Than one day Zasha goes missing..
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part of the book was when Ivan met the dogs for the first time and spent a lot of time with the dogs.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
If you like war and animal books you will surely like the book Finding Zasha. Finding Zasha is a exciting book and will always leave you wondering.
Resources:
Barrow, R. G. (2013). Finding Zasha. New York: Scholastic Press.
Name: Sandra Tamayo
School: Dever
Date: 5/23/14
Title of Book: Bully in the mirror
Author of Book: Shanaya Fastje
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
This is a wonderful book that shows how to solve your bullying problems and how you can stop hate around the world.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
The author is telling the reader different ways bullying is happening and how to solve it. It tells that the bully is actually one of the victims and she is write bullies are mostly the victims too. She shows how kids can stand up for themselves without violence and how that make can a big difference in their community. Also what to do stop the gossip that maybe a big secret that you don’t want anyone to know about or it it’s a big lie that is gross or just not themselves.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part of the book is everything because it is very helpful especially if you’re a victim and you just can’t handle the bullying anymore. Also because it is very inspiring to kids. It gives tips on how to be popular but still friendly and not to become a bully yourselves.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this book to anyone that is suffering from bullying and needs help and does not like to talk about their problems to people.
Resources:
Fastje, Shanaya. Bully in the Mirror: Making Hate Stop When You Don't Think You Can. Cleveland, OH: Changing Lives, 2012. Print.
Name: Kaylee M
School: Dever
Date: 5-23-14
Title of Book: Dragon Girl
Author of Book: Jeff Weigel
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
This book is amazing and great
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
A girl finds a dragon which the dragon lead her to the dragon eggs.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part is when she played with the little dragon eggs
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I think you would like this book because it is cool and it has amazing illusions .
Resources:
Weigel, Jeff. Dragon Girl. New York: Yen, 2010. Print.
Name: Christopher P.
School: Dever
Date: 5/23/14
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
The father dies and move to the us and work in the field
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
There house gets burned down and the mother gets sick and espeanza has to work
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
When the grandmother comes back from Mexico and my grandmother lives in México and I all was get excited when she comes
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
Y ou will love this book because everyone can relate
source Ryan, P. M. (2000). Esperanza rising. New York: Scholastic Press.
Name: Jonathan M
School: Dever
Date: 5/23/14
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
Esperanza Rising is about a girl and her family that is a immigrant from Mexico to san Francisco because of her uncle.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
Esperanza was a rich girl in Mexico because of her father. Her father was a rich land owner. Bandits have been killing rich land owner and one day the bandits killed her father. Tio Luis her uncle asked to marry her mother because now he owned the land. He burned down her house escaped to San Francisco.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part of the book is when Esperanza goes to work when her mom is sick this shows lots of perseverance.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…) to be on the edge of their chair
When there reading and it is one of the most interesting book you’ll ever read.
Source: Ryan, P. M. (2000). Esperanza rising. New York: Scholastic Press.
Name:Jonathon.T
School:Murray Language academy
Date:5/23/14
Book Title: Bus station Mystery by Gertrude chandler
Book Review: Recently i finished reading The Bus station mystery by Gertrude chandler warner. Gertrude Chandler Warner was born on april 16 in Putnam, connecticut. One of her favorite books was Alice in Wonderland. Also she volunteer for the american red cross.
The main characters , Henry, Jessica,benjamin and james are going to a fair by a nearby town. They were wondering how and when are they getting back home and what time when they are getting there. When they got off the train waiting for the next one they met a unusual train manager. The Aldens soon found out that the river is being polluted by a factory.
In writing this book Chandler was trying to help us understand pollution. Anderson is also trying to say that you should find other jobs of find other ways to work in a factory instead of making pollution on earth.
While sometimes i felt bored overall i really felt suspenseful and enjoyed the book. The author did a great job keeping things in place and making the book mysterious. The only thing i did not like was how the river was polluted by a bus station it would have been great if it was by a abandoned bus station of house.
I would recommend this book to people who like mystery books. This book should be read by people who like to be surprised.
Name: Kaylee M
School: Dever
Date: 5-23-14
Title of Book: Dragon Girl
Author of Book: Jeff Weigel
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
This book is amazing and great
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
A girl finds a dragon which the dragon lead her to the dragon eggs.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part is when she played with the little dragon eggs
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I think you would like this book because it is cool and it has amazing illusions .
Resources:
Weigel, Jeff. Dragon Girl. New York: Yen, 2010. Print.
Name:Nicholas D.
School:Dever school
Date:5/23/14
Title of Book:Esperanza Rising.
Author of Book:Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
Esperanza Ortega is a rich daughter of a rich land owner. She gets everything she wants because of all the money she has. But one day her whole life turns around when her dad dies, and Tio Luis wants to marry senora Ortega, but the mom says no and Tio Luis tries to make the Ortegas lives miserable. Later the Ortgegas and more travel from Mexico to the U.S.A. and they have to do a lot of work instead of having people do work for them.
Tell Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection: I like the part where Esperanza is all alone taking care of everyone by herself.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
about the book, but don’t give away the ending.I recommend this book because it has parts where it makes you laugh and there some parts where it can make you feel bad for people that have bad lives.
Source: Ryan, P. M. (2000). Esperanza rising. New York: Scholastic Press.
Name: Aidan U
School: Dever
Date: 5-23-14
Title of Book: Esperanza rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
The book is rising a very bad book to me
Tell about the book, but don’t g away the ending.
It is about Esperanza trying to hold on to everything that she loves and but finds out its very hard an she go’s a very emotional state and finds the meaning of hard and pulling through.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part of the book is when it ended and I didn’t have to read it anymore I hated it.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this book to no one don’t read it if you want to live.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print.
Name: Delilah .G.
School: Dever School
Date: 5/23/14
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book this book is about a girl and her mother and father her father dies and they have to move to the United States and work on a camp to earn money.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
Her house burns down by her uncle T’io luis and when they get to the us her mom gets sick in the field.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
my favorite is when grandmother comes to the united states to see mama because my gradmother comes every year to visit.
Ryan, P. M. (2000). <i>Esperanza rising</i>. New York: Scholastic Press.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…) you got to love this book its heart touching
Name: Gosia Z
School: Dever School
Date: 5/23/2014
Title of Book: Ezperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
It was a pretty awesome book because a lot of people connect with that book at that has happen to them once.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
There is a girl named ezperanza her dad died by bandits and then his brother burned down there house and then they were poor they hadded to move to California because they had no money. So then ezperanzas mom got sick and went to the hospital.
Resources: Esperanza Rising: Pam Munoz Ryan, Pam Munoz Ryan ...
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection: my favorite part of the book was when her mother got better
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I like it because it was very interesting and it was very connecting to a lot of my friends and pople.
Gordon Murray
May 23, 2014 Room 216
Book Review
The name of the book that I read is called Warriors: Dawn. The author of the books’ name is Erin Hunter. She was inspired to write the book because she loves cats. She also wrote it because, She loves to write about Animal’s behaviors.
Four clans of cats who lived in the forest were being killed and captured by people in machines.How they were getting killed is by the workers cutting down the trees. While that was happening , Six cats set out to find out a new phone for them to live because if they stayed then they would have died.
This book shows what certain people do to animals such as like in the book these workers were destroying the cats habitats/ homes and hurting and killing these cats. This is what these animals had to go through.They barely had any food because those machines were either killing their prey or their prey would run away from that area.
I loved this book because towards the end, The six cats finally found a new home. They traveled back to the forest with their family and told them about their journey and then a few days later when every Clan leader decided that they were going to go, All four clan cats set out on a journey to their very new home, With the six cats leading the way.
I would recommend this book to someone who loves Animals, Adventure, And action. Even though this book had a lot of bad things throughout the story, Good things started to happen towards the end, So it would be a good book for these kind of people.
http://www.warriorcats.com/books/the-new-prophecy/warriors-the-new-prophecy-3-dawn
Gianna Sharp 5-23-14
Murray 219
Book Revision
The name of the book that i am doing on bullying is called “A matter of trust” by Anne Schraff. Schraff was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She is also the author of five bluford series books.Schraff is an award winning author who started writing books as a teenager in the 1950’s. She also, spent 10 years teaching high school at california state university. she moved to northridge at age of 10 traveled by herself.
A matter of trust by Anne schraff is about main character Darcy wills and Hakeem Randall. They are an amazing couple in grade school get broken up because of Brisana meeks. Brisana and Darcy were supposed to be best friends but ever since Darcy started hanging out with tarah, and cooper Brisana’s been acting strange towards Darcy.
The point of the book is keep your friends close but your enemies closer. What i mean by that is to have associates but not have that many friends because in grade school there are so many fake people you won’t know who to trust. I learned that a friend is not a person that tell you what to do or who you have to hang out with. Brisana meeks told Darcy not to hang out with tarah or copper because they were zero’s/lames and brisana and darcy were ten’s/popular and Brisana thought that Darcy broke her promise so Brisana can’t trust Darcy any more.
I liked the book because it tells me not not to be a bully and be in mess. It also, is good because even if you have a friend and you think there you friend then they talk about you thats not a friend at all. But what i think the author could have made the book a little bit longer because it ended well.
Name: Nataly H.
School:John Spry
Date:May 23, 2014
Bullying
Comment:In the book, Wonder by R.J. Palacio, August was born with a cleft palate. The book is about how a kid gets bullied because people think he is not normal. The other kids think he is a monster and tease him. He doesn’t have a normal face like others and in my opinion that is not normal to tease people for being different. No one is perfect in this world and no one should tease anyone for being different.
Palacio, R. J., & Alfred A. Knopf, Inc (2012). Wonder.
Name:Niyah E.
School:Murray
Date:5/25/14
Book Title: Saraswati’s Way
Book Review: The name of the book I read was called Saraswati’s Way by Monika Schroder. Schroder is an award winning author who likes to write historical fiction for adults. Her hobbies are traveling and learning about different cultures.
In Saraswati’s Way, the main character, Akash struggles to find a tutor to help him with the Seventh Standard. His father dies and the landlord forces Akash to work for him when his family doesn’t pay rent. Akash ditches work to go find a tutor in Delhi. He stays with a newspaper stand owner, Ramesh, and helps him work to earn money for a tutor. When Akash finds a tutor, they don’t teach him what he wants to learn. Akash gets fast money selling drugs for a friend so he can go find a better tutor, but their boss abuses them a fires them. Akash is stranded and doesn’t know what to do.
The story wants the reader to know that you’re going to have some obstacles in the way of your goal, but you should keep going no matter what . Akash tries to follow Saraswati’s way , but it seems she has abandoned him, because it seems he has tried to force Saraswati into showing him the way.
This book was okay. It didn’t have as much bullying in it as I thought it would, but it definitely had some good examples.
I would recommend this book to people who like to learn about foreign countries and cultures.
Saraswati’s Way by Monika Schroder
Name:Maggie
School: Smyser
Date:May 27 2014
Book Title: Environmental chemistry
Book Review:
I learned about matter such as solid,liquid and gas.If you want to learn more about chemistry you should read this book. science is the study of physical and natural world. Each year the united states consumes over seven billion barrels of oil .The word element first appeared
in 360 BC, in a collection of writings by ancient philosopher plato . Niels bohr developed the automattic theory.
Source: author : rachel eagen company : crabtree publishing Date ;2011
City ; New York
Name: Roua
School: Smyser
Date: May 27, 2014
Book Title: Protecting Earth’s Land
Book Review: This book is about protecting Earth’s land, and one fact I learned from it is that nearly all living things depend on Earth’s land and it’s resources to survive. But did you know that people do many things that hurt the land. I recommend this book to people who want to learn more about what you can do to help protect Earth’s land.
Source: Rapp, Valerie, Protecting Earth’s Land, Lerner Publication Company, Minneapolis, 2009
Name:Eleanor
School:Smyser
Date:May 27,2014
Book Title:Protect Nature
Book Review:In the book Protect Nature I Learned about that animals are endangered because of our pollution and garbage. So we need to keep the water clear and recycle and reuse things to keep our environment clean and stop animals from getting endangered so thats what I learned from the book Protect Nature.
Source: Barnham,Kay Protect Nature Crabtree Publishing New york 2008
Name: Beatriz M
School: Smyser
Date: 5/27/14
Book Title: Beating Heart
Book Review: I learned how to overcome problems in Beating Heart. Where in the separate times they were in the olden days of how a seventeen year old overcomes moving in an old house. And that he gets a feeling he is not alone this book was written in the olden times about the people of the old western believe in the olden spirits of who die. Thats a few things you need to know about this book.
Source: Jenkins A.M. Beating Heart a Ghost Story. Harpercollins Publishers 2006
Name: Mary S.
School: Smyser Elementary
Date: 5/27/14
Book Title: Disappearing Grasslands
Book Review:
I recommend this book because I learned a lot about the environment. I learned that all over the world there are beautiful grasslands. Grasslands exist because of wildfires. Wildfires burn down trees that take over grasslands. Recently, people have been putting out wildfires, and planting trees in grasslands. This destroys grasslands. People are destroying grasslands at a very fast rate. Soon they could be gone for good. Because I learned this I recommend this book.
Source: Cook, Kevin J. Disappearing Grasslands Gareth Stevens, Inc San Clemente, California 1993
Name:Nia
School:Smyser
Date:May 27,2014
Book Title: Acid Rain
Book Review: In the book Acid rain, I learned about Acid Rain, and what will happen when there is acid rain. Also,I learned that polluting the earth can cause acid rain. There were many diagrams about how acid rain happens. Acid rain is polluted water. Its when dirt and pollution mix with the rain. it is very polluted rain. People should not pollute because it can cause Acid rain that is dangerous. That is what I learned about the book Acid Rain.
Source: Lucas, Eileen Acid rain Stubbs, Harriet United States of America 1991
Name: LuisF
School: Smyser
Date: 5/27/14
Book Title: The Korean War
Book Review: I recommend this book to people who like to study wars and what really happened. There are maps and pictures of during and after the war. I recommend reading chapter 2 because that is the war part and a few explanations of why it is the forgotten war. On page 111 it shows the attacks and invasions of North Korea to South Korea. That was why I recommend this book.
Source: Stein,Conrad, The Korean War, Enslow Publishers Berkeley Heights,New Jersey (1994)
Name:Charles
School:Smyser
Date:5/28/2014
Book Title:Environmental Disasters
Book Review:This book is good to read because it tells of ways we are destroying the ecosystem and how we can stop that. Many things are killing animals and even people. We need to stop littering and polluting biomes and ecosystems. For example the oil in seas and oceans are killing fish and the nuclear power is killing people and some land animals. Our pollution is, and can destroy land and destroy wildlife.
Source:Woods Michael,Environmental Disasters,LERNER publications company, Minneapolis
Name:Jonathon.T
School:Murray Language academy
Date:5/23/14
Book Title: Bus station Mystery by Gertrude chandler
Book Review: Recently i finished reading The Bus station mystery by Gertrude chandler warner. Gertrude Chandler Warner was born on april 16 in Putnam, connecticut. One of her favorite books was Alice in Wonderland. Also she volunteer for the american red cross.
The main characters , Henry, Jessica,benjamin and james are going to a fair by a nearby town. They were wondering how and when are they getting back home and what time when they are getting there. When they got off the train waiting for the next one they met a unusual train manager. The Aldens soon found out that the river is being polluted by a factory.
In writing this book Chandler was trying to help us understand pollution. Anderson is also trying to say that you should find other jobs of find other ways to work in a factory instead of making pollution on earth.
While sometimes i felt bored overall i really felt suspenseful and enjoyed the book. The author did a great job keeping things in place and making the book mysterious. The only thing i did not like was how the river was polluted by a bus station it would have been great if it was by a abandoned bus station of house.
I would recommend this book to people who like mystery books. This book should be read by people who like to be surprised.
Phalair C
5/23/2014
Murray Language Academy
Recently I read a book called The Notes Midnight driver by Jordan Sonnenblick. Jordan is an American writer of many young adult books. He graduated from New York City Stuyvesant high school, and of university of Pennsylvania Jordan was born July 4 1969.
Alex Gregory a 16 year old boy decided to go drink and visit his Fathers house in his Mother's car he wanted to talk because he was dating his 3rd grade english teacher. When he gets arrested he had to do community service which is not as fun.
The main point of the story is to show you how drinking and driving is life changing. I feel that the book did not show the weight of drinking and driving but it did show how it would change your life.
Also I feel that if it had more things happen to him it would be better as an eye opener. I would recommend this book to someone who makes many mistakes in life.
The Notes Midnight driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
Kiara G
May 22, 2014
Murray Language Academy
6th Grade, Room 216
Have you ever heard of bullying? Bullying is a type of abuse that can come in various ways. The book that I am reviewing overviews bullying, and how to deal with it. It even provides a survey to see if you are or are becoming a bully. The book that was read is titled, Bullies are a Pain in the Brain, and it is written by Trevor Romain. He helps people that are bullied, and helps those that bully others. He offered very useful information on two important subjects. The first subject that was discussed is what bullies are. The second, and last topic focuses on how to deal with bullies.
The book described what a bully is, and why they pick on others. It further stated that bullies who lack self-confidence, often pick on others in order to make themselves feel better. It also gave information on how to identify a bully. The author listed characteristics that one can typically find in a bully. However, the characteristics listed were traits that anyone could have.
The second part of the book talked about how to deal with bullies. The author of the book said that when dealing with a bully, one should not ignore them, but talk to that person to resolve the issue. It was even stated that In some cases, the bully becomes best friends with the victim. Additionally, one should have more confidence in themselves because bullies look for those that can be easily taken advantage of because of low self-confidence. They choose to bully people who they think will NOT fight back. This book helps to give you the power to fight back.
I would recommend this book to people that have been bullied before and do not know how to defend themselves.
This was an excellent book for me to read. I myself have been a victim of bullying throughout most of my grammar school years. I hope you have enjoy reading this book like I have, and good luck with bullies!
Bullies are a Pain in the Brain,by Trevor Romain
Owen O
May 22, 2014
Book Review
Murray Language Academy
The book I read was called Education For All. The author of the book was Ron Fridell. Ron writes many childrens books. He also writes some young adult books. His books are about many different topics.
In this book the author informs the reader that not every child is getting a proper education. He talks about how in 1990, at a UN meeting, the world agreed that every child should be educated. They said that by 2000 every child would be educated. They took steps but didn’t succeed in getting every child educated. In 2000 at the next UN meeting they agreed to have every child educated by 2015. The UN is still thinking of many strategies to help hard to reach children, and they may succeed in their goal.
The point of the book was to inform the reader. The author informed the reader that not every child was getting educated. He also talked about how some girls are not getting educated because of their gender. He also talked about how some hard to reach children are not getting educated because of their location. The author mostly talked about how some kids don’t get an education.
I enjoyed reading this book. I enjoyed it because it informed me about the world. It also informed me about the struggles that other children face to get an education. For example, in Nepal children must walk many miles in mountains to get to school. In Cambodia some children go to school on boats. In Australia, many children get their education over the radio or on computers. It shows me that other people have worse lives than me. It also shows me that I shouldn’t hate school because other children are really trying to be educated.
I would recommend this book to people who also hate school, to people who know someone in one of these situations, and to people who want to learn. I would recommend this to many types of people.
Education For All by Ron Fridell
Name:Rimaje p
School:Murray L.A
Date:5/29/14
Book Title: The Beast by Walter Dean Myers
Book Review:Recently I finished a book call The Beast Walter Dean Myers in the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling of more than eighty books for young adults. Walter Dean Myers have received two Newbery honors and five Coretta Scott king awards. In 2012, Walter Dean Myers was named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Walter Dean Myers lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.
The two main characters in The Beast are Spoon and Gabi. Spoon is going to school and working hard but that change when he goes to home for the holiday. After he gets home he soon meets up with his girlfriend Gabi and then he soon find out that she on drugs. After he finds out he ask her when did u get on drugs and he tries to help her. He starts missing school and class to help her
In writing this book Walter Dean Myers was trying to help you understand the point of view of a teenager on drugs and is facing the death of her mother while being on drugs Walter Dean Myers is also trying to say that when a person is in trouble you should do the right thing and help them. Even if it’s harming your education.
In this book sometimes I was confuse but overall I think the book give good examples of how drugs can affect others. For example in the story it says that “Spoon stayed for a couple of months’ to help Gabi “this shows that him helping her affected him going to school. Another example is that Gabi was a great writer after she started drugs she could not write any more. This shows that drugs affect her life and the way she write.
I would recommend this book to teenagers. However before they read The Beast they should know that they should know that it has the name of a lot of drugs you should not use. This book should be read by teenagers that don’t plan on using drugs.
Name: Max T
School: Dever Elementary
Date: 5-23-14
Title of Book: Esperaza rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
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This book was absolutely amazing it tells of a girl who was born wealthy. Then it all goes away. She tries to escape poverty but can’t so she accepts fate.
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Esperanza Ortega was the daughter of a rich land owner. But then her father dies and Esperanza is forced to move to the U.S eperanza tries to escape poverty. But cant because her mother gets sick so she has to work so she faces fate and works. When her mother gets better she wants to show her mother all the money she made but soothing happened to it. Then abuelita comes back and they live happy.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
My favorite part was in the beginning of the story papa and esperaza were on the mountain and they felt the heart of the mountain. I liked this because I was touched that they loved each other so much.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I recommend this book because it tells of a story who goes from having a rich life to having life in poverty. And it tells her story of passing immigration.
Ryan, Pam Munoz. "Esperanza Rising." Esperanza Rising. New York Scholastic Press, 2000
Name: Jessica Maness
School: dever
Date: 5/20/2014
Title of Book: Wonder
Author of Book: R. J. Palacio
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A fifth–grade boy named August (Auggie) Pullman has Treacher-Collins syndrome, a rare craniofacial deformity and his life in fifth grade for the first time after being home schooled.
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In the book Auggies mom decides he should go to school and experience life. His father disagrees but he goes anyway. His mother goes to school first to meet the principle to warn him about Auggies appearance and need for help possibly. He goes to school and Jack Wills shows him around the school because the principle asks him too but they become friends. A brave girl Summer sits next to him on the first day of school despite his looks and becomes his real friend. The book is about the hard time Auggie had in fifth grade and real friendship.
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My favorite part of the book is the beginning when Summer sits next to him and is the only brave one to do it and becomes his friend. This is something I would do and I am in 5th grade so it reminds she reminds me of being me.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I really loved this book but some parts were sad. I would recommend reading it because its about what friends should be like and how not to be a bully.
Name: Isabella C
School: Dever
Date: 5/21/14
Book Title:
Book Review:
I am commenting on Julia L’s posting. I like the book now even if I have never read it. It seems like a journey for this family and they have to pull through very hard emotions of what is happening in the story. If you liked this book you should read Esperanza Rising almost the same thing happens but it is more about Immigration.
Name: Christian G
School: Dever Elementary
Date: 5/29/2014
Title of Book: Frindle
Author of Book: Andrew Clements
Book Review Form
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The book frindle is a book about friendship and somewhat bulling. This book is a good book because it is a book that really gets into you and you really just get into the book you just go with the flow.
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The beginning is about a kid he is in a normal class and he sees a pen and he thinks of his friends and he thinks of the word freindle and sense the pen was in front of him he gave it the name to the pen and named the pen freindle.
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My favorite part of the book is that when he grows up his teacher is old and he is famous so he is rich so he sends his teacher a gift.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…) Whoever likes loser.
Name: Jessica Maness
School: dever
Date: 5/20/2014
Title of Book: Wonder
Author of Book: R. J. Palacio
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
A fifth–grade boy named August (Auggie) Pullman has Treacher-Collins syndrome, a rare craniofacial deformity and his life in fifth grade for the first time after being home schooled.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
In the book Auggies mom decides he should go to school and experience life. His father disagrees but he goes anyway. His mother goes to school first to meet the principle to warn him about Auggies appearance and need for help possibly. He goes to school and Jack Wills shows him around the school because the principle asks him too but they become friends. A brave girl Summer sits next to him on the first day of school despite his looks and becomes his real friend. The book is about the hard time Auggie had in fifth grade and real friendship.
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My favorite part of the book is the beginning when Summer sits next to him and is the only brave one to do it and becomes his friend. This is something I would do and I am in 5thgrade so it reminds she reminds me of being me.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
I really loved this book but some parts were sad. I would recommend reading it because its about what friends should be like and how not to be a bully.
Name: KamilM
School: Dever School
Date: 5/23/14
Title of Book: The Watsons go to Birmingham
Author of Book: Christopher Paul Curtis
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Introduce the book: This book is about a boy named Kenny his older brother Byron little sister Joetta , dad and mom. They live in a cold house.
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Byron is a bad kid fights Kenny all the time and he lights matches even though he was warned. The dad got a boom box. Mom decided to go to Birmingham to her mother. Joetta went to church one day and she hallucinated and saw Kenny she went away from the church then a loud boom the church was bombed.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection: My favorite part was when Byron made his hair orange and when his father came from work he was not even angry he told Byron to go to the bathroom with him then Shhkk shhkk shhhk the father said now you don’t look like a clown from the circus. The father cut his hair of.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…) This is a really funny and in 0some parts sad book
Resourses: print date 1995
Name: James L.
School: Dever
Date: 5/29/14
Title of Book: Timmy Failure: now look what you’ve done
Author of Book: Stephan Pastis
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I think this book requires a good review because it is rather enjoyable And a fun novel to read. Deserves a B+
Introduce the book, It opens up at a museum for world records and Timmy breaks a statue. He breaks his arm. Timmy considers himself a good detective and enters a contest for who could find a missing globe. He fails to get to try outs in time, so he goes to a school with bad kids to enter the contest. Now, its up to Timmy to solve the contest and win 500$! This is a great book about overcoming obstacles and being resilient.
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending. The book is entertaining to the end and is a long novel. It is about this kid who enters a contest and has to win it with very foolish detective skills, while he tries to solve who is sending him weird notes. Find out more in the book
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection: My favorite scene is when he fails a math test and I see what he wrote down.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…) I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for some laughs and tears. It also contains great speeches!
Pastis, Stephan. Timmy Failure: Now Look What You've Done. London: Walker, 2014. Print.
Name:Jessica.M
School: Dever
Date:5/29/14
Book Title: Wonder
Book Review:
Author of Book:
R.J.Palacio
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
In the book Wonder, August (auggie) deals with bullying. He goes to school for the first time and people make fun of him because his face is deformed. The principal tells Jack,Julian,and Summer to show auggie around .
Auggie gets made fun of when he goes to school for the first time.
My favorite part of the book is when Summer and auggie make there own lunch table.
I recommend this book to people who like detailed and interesting books.
Source:Palacio, R. J. Wonder. New York: Knapf, 2012. Print.
Jose R.
Dever
The Harlem Hellfighters
Max Brooks illistrated by Caanan white
the beginning of the book starts of with a quote from Frederick Douglass stating quote that says "Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters,U.S.,let him get an eagle on his button,and a musket on his shoulder, and bullets in his pocket;and there is no power on earth,or under the earth, which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United Stated".
The book is about a group of black people who are in the army but in the beginning they are workers who mine in the fields and one of them ,who were glasses was shot in the fields,.
One of the favorite parts of the harlem hellfighters was the ending when they show a picture of the actual harlem hellfighters
i would recommend Edward Tulane,s Meraculeas Adventures
Name:Rebecca M.
School:Dever School
Date:5-29-14
Book Title:Esperanza Rising
Book Review:Esperanza’s father had died just on her birthday party but her father had owned the land. When her mother wanted to own the land , the lawyer had said that women cannot own the land. So Esperanza’s uncle “Tio Luis”ask mama to marry him. But since Mama did not like the idea of her marrying her husbands brother , she thought it was sick and irresponsible.But when Tio Luis threatened consequences, she got scared and went so go work in California with her peasants that are no longer her peasants. But throughout this journey in California Mama gets sick and Esperanza has learned to be more responsible with her life and choices. With meguil min the way she has grown with her feelings about him. Mama does get better and of course a very happy ending.
Source:Esperanza Rising
Name:Raina R
School:Dever School
Date:5/29/14
Book Title:Esperanza Rising
Book Review:
In Esperanza Rising , I learned about overcoming obstacles like Esperanza (The main ) first she is rich selfish girl and then at the end she is a really hardworking girl. She was really trying to learn how to do basic things.Also her dad died and that was on her birthday, so her and her mother left. Along the way she is meeting new people and friends along the way.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print.
Name: Viktoria T.
School: Dever
Date: May 29, 2014
Book Title: Esperanza Rising
Book Review:
Alex B. from Dever
I would like to comment on your book review, Alex. I agree with you. Esperanza also had to overcome lots and lots and lots of obstacles, but Esperanza matured since the start of the book.
Name: Sophia J.
School: William E. Dever Elementary
Date: 5/29/2014
Book Title: Wonder
Book Review:
Comment to Nataly from John Spry
I agree with everything you said. People are getting teased for being different like August. I read that book too and it is not fair what August was going through. He was getting teased for basically no reason. I bet if the bullies were like August and they got teased they would be depressed and feel bad about themselves. It is not fair for anyone to get bullied.
Name: Amber O.
School: Dever Elementary School
Date: 5/29/2014
Book Review:
I’m commenting on a book review Jesus A. from John Spry made.
I love the book “Esperanza Rising”! Esperanza had a really hard life, but at the end she overcame her obstacles like you said. But the best part for me was one Esperanza changed her ways and didn’t act like she was rich anymore. Instead she acted like all the other Mexicans at her camp and started working hard everyday. Esperanza Rising was a good book to do a review on because of all the emotion and feeling inside the book. But I think you could of told more about the book, not just the obvious things.
Name: Viktoria T.
School: Dever
Date: May 29, 2014
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan is about a girl named Esperanza. Esperanza goes through a lot of sadness and hard times.
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In this book, Esperanza loses her father, gets her house burnt down by her uncle, loses all her belongings, gets separated from her grandmother, moves to California, has to work, becomes poor, and many, many more difficult things.
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My favorite part of the book is when Esperanza gave to the poor striker family and when the grandmother, Abuelita comes to California and they don’t get separated.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
If you like sad stories with happy endings you will love this book. I recommend this book.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print.
Name:Sandra T.
School: Dever
Date:5/29/14
Book Title:Esperanza Rising
Book Comment:
I’m commenting to Jesus A
I agree with you it’s not fair what they did to Esperanza her father shouldn’t of died just when she needs him the most. What I especially didn’t like is when they went to the United States and had lots of trouble because they were not not same.
Name: Abby D.
School: Dever Elementary School
Date: 5/23/14
Title of Book: Wonder
Author of Book: R.J. Palacio
Book Review Form
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A kid with a deformity overcomes his greatest obstacle, going to a real school for a first time.
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A kid named August Pullman goes to a real school for the first time. Since he was a little kid, he was homeschooled by his mom. But here’s the catch, he has a deformed face. He has to have a lot of surgeries. Auggie takes a tour of his school, and he meets three kids. Julian, Jack Will and Charlotte. Julian is a big jerk. He acts like he is the best. He makes fun of Jake because he talks with Auggie.
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My favorite part of the book is when Auggies dog dies. That is my favorite part because it reminds me of when he grandmas dog died when I was young.
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I recommend this book to anyone who likes literature and fiction books. You will love this book
Source: Palacio, R. J. Wonder. Broadway: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. Print.
Name: Mario P.
School: Dever
Date: 29 May
Book Title: Esperanza Rising
Book Review:
Esperanza Rising was a great book. It was about a girl who lost almost everything to her uncle. She became poor and had to go to the United States to work for very little money. This book is a good representation of immigration and being resilient.
Source: Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print.
Name: Gosia Z
School: Dever School
Date: 5/29/2014
Title of Book: ezperanza rising
Author of Book:
Book Review Form
Introduce the book
This book is about this girl who was very rich and she turned poor because her dad died and his brother burned down there house.
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There was this girl called ezperanza and she was very rich and her dad died by bandits and then his brother said to ezperanzas mom if she doesn’t marry him I will burn down the house and so he did and everything burned down and they were poor.
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection: Where someone try to threten us.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
To some of my friend because people tretend them to.
Source: Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print.
Name: Alberto L.
School: Spry school
Date: 5-23-14
Bullying
Comment: This boy Kevin uses crutches and he meets another kid named Max. They both like the book, King Arthur and become friends. In school, some bullies start messing with Kevin by rolling a ball at him so he could fall.The two boys are always get bullied by Blade and his gang. The boys end up helping each other against Blade. The boys just want to feel safe. It is unfair not to not feel safe at school and outside of school.
Philbrick, W. R. (1993). Freak the Mighty. New York, N.Y: Blue Sky Press.
Name:Giovanni A
School: john spry school
Date: 5-23-14
Comment: Cesar Chavez wanted better wages for his work. He was picking crops for $2.00 a day. The women and gentlemen had to use the same bathroom that was outside and there was only one. Cesar Chavez made the first strike for 5 years and he won. This story had a lot of problems.
Chavez, C., & Mallie, J. (1979). The farm workers fight on. New York: Encyclopedia Americana/CBS News Audio Resource Library.
Name:Antonio R.
Date:5-14-14
School:John Spry School
The book about Cesar Chavez was about fighting for civil rights. The owners of the farms didn’t pay them well and didn’t treat them well. Cesar united the Mexican people with the Filipinos to strike and to not eat the grapes. Cesar went to jail for striking but he got out. He finally won the strike.
Chavez, C., & Mallie, J. (1979). The farm workers fight on. New York: Encyclopedia Americana/CBS News Audio Resource Library.
Name:Jose J
School:john spry School
Date:5-23-14
Topic: Bullying
Comment: There are these two kids that get bullied. One is named Max and the other one name is Kevin. Max is a person who getting bullied by people because they are calling him a giant and fat. It is not fair because who cares if someone is fat or big. Then there’s another person named Kevin and he is getting bullied by this gang because Max is crippled. I think its not fair either because Max can’t help being crippled.
Philbrick, W. R. (1993). Freak the Mighty. New York, N.Y: Blue Sky Press.
Name:Julia L.
School:John Spry
Date:May 22, 2014
Cesar Chavez fights for his and others’ civil rights because it is the right thing to do. He was fighting for farm workers to get paid more. Also, she wanted better working conditions, like having bathrooms. The farm owners didn’t give them bathrooms because they said Mexicans don’t know how to use them. They fought for their rights by doing a huelga (strike) where a lot of farm workers joined. After a while the farm workers still didn’t do anything so Cesar Chavez decided to not eat for a long time. Then had a boycott so they wouldn’t buy grapes. After 5 years the farm owners finally gave in and gave them their rights.
Rodriguez, C. (1991). Cesar Chavez. New York: Chelsea House.
Name:Guadalupe M.
Date:5/23/14
School:Spry School
Bullying
Comment:In the book, Freak the Mighty, a bunch of boys bullied two boys. One of the boys defended the little boy. The bullies made fun of the little boy and treated unfairly. Just like in the book Cesar Chavez the farmers were treated unfair because they were different and poor. They were not paid fairly and they were working hard and they worked a lot of hours. These are two examples where people were bullied and taken advantage of.
Chavez, C., & Mallie, J. (1979). The farm workers fight on. New York: Encyclopedia Americana/CBS News Audio Resource Library.
Philbrick, W. R. (1993). Freak the Mighty. New York, N.Y: Blue Sky Press.
Name:Chantal T
Date:May 23, 2014
Topic:Civil Rights
Comment: Cesar Chavez was a very poor and nice, caring person. He was poor and the farm owners thought it was okay for everyone to use the toilets in the fields. Women had to go to the bathroom in front of the men with only a sheet to cover them. Cesar started a strike so everybody could have the same rights. He wanted workers to have separate bathrooms so that they could have privacy. He also wanted to have them earn more money for their hard work.
Chavez, C., & Mallie, J. (1979). The farm workers fight on. New York: Encyclopedia Americana/CBS News Audio Resource Library.
Robert Nellis May 23 2014
MLA Group A
Bruiser
The book I read is Bruiser. The is Neal Shusterman.He has written over 30 books for all ages.He also wrote a screenplay for “Goose Bumps”.
The book is mainly about a who is bullied by always being ignored.His name is Brewster Rawlins.He is called the bruiser and was voted “most likely to receive the death penalty” in 7th grade.
The point of the book was to show that bullying can happen when you purposely ignore someone.
I liked this book because it showed that the world has a bad side.I also liked it because a boy changed his life and got friends.
I would recommend this book to someone who can handle the bad side of the world.
Name:Chantal T.
Date:May 13,2014
School:John Spry School
Topic:Book Reviews
Comment: I think Julia L. did a great job because when people read her comment, they are going to learn a lot from it. It reminded me about the importance of praying. Francisco’s family prayed to El Nino De Atocha for one year so that Torito (LIttle Bull) would get better. I want people to start doing it because it is very powerful. I know it is a fictional book but it is just a good example of how it can work.
Name:Julian Y.
School: John Spry
Date:5-27-14
Comment:Cesar Chavez convinces the farm owners that the workers need a raise so they can live a better life. Cesar went on a hunger strike and only drank water to survive. He didn't believe in violence and didn’t fight back when the police would hit him. He also started a boycott on grapes. Cesar Chavez is a great man and made big changes.
Braun, E., & Roland, H. (2006). Cesar Chavez: Fighting for farmworkers. Mankato, Minn: Capstone Press.
Name: Santiago H
Date: May 28, 2014
School: John Spry School
Topic: Gangs
Comment: The book is about a 11-year old boy named Yummy .Yummy wanted to join the most dangerous gang in the whole neighborhood. He does join the gang and one day he is walking down the street and sees some guys that used to bully him. Yummy pulled out a gun and started shooting until he accidentally shoots a 14-year old girl. The girl dies and Yummy goes into hiding. He becomes a problem for his gang and they eventually get rid of him. This is a sad story about a very young kid on the southside of Chicago.
Neri, G., & DuBurke, R. (2010). Yummy: The last days of a Southside shorty. New York: Lee & Low Books.
Name :Alexis G.
School:John Spry
Date: May/23/2014
COMMENT: In this book, kids get bullied because of the way they look.They call one boy duck face because of his lips. He said that he was scared to go to school because it was hard for him to make friends. On the bus ride home he saw a boy and he also got bullied. He tried to become his buddy. The boy said I am not your buddy. The bullies on the bus would strangle him and call him bad words. His parents knew it is hard for him but he would defend the bullies and say that they were just being silly. His sister she does not want to go to school because people think that her brother is weird and he got more sad. It is really sad that bullying can hurt so many people.I wrote about this because no one should be treated in a way that makes them uncomfortable.
Philbrick, W. R. (1993). Freak the Mighty. New York, N.Y: Blue Sky Press.
Name:Maya K
School:Murray Language Academy
Date:5/23/14
Comment: I just finished reading a book called “The Gun/ Payback” by Paul Langan. Paul Langan is currently married with kids. He now lives in Philadelphia. He also recently just got his masters degree in education.
In the story a boy named Tyray Hobbs finally got off his suspension from school and is upset when he finds out that his friends don’t want to hangout with him anymore because he lost a fight to the weakest kid in school. He finally decides to get revenge and get something he never thought of getting a gun.
I think the point of this book is to show people that violence doesn’t solve anything. Its just makes you end up in trouble. For example, in the book Tyray had a chance to kill somebody but he didn’t. Tyray wanted to get a gun so he could point it at people who messed with him so they could be scared of him and think that he was gonna kill them. He lied to a girl just to get the money and when he lost the money the girl gave him he stole the money from his mom just to get a gun.I think my character learned that he should never steal. I learned that if i ever want to get revenge I think I should forgive and forget the situation.
I thought this was a really good topic to write about because a lot of people want to get back at somebody for what they did to them. Sometimes they actually do want to buy a gun a kill somebody. So i do think this is a good topic to write about.
I would recommend this book to kids who act mean or have thought about buying a gun or someone who was trying to harm someone. Also would recommend this book to other kids so they could know what not to do.
Name: Nataly H.
School:John Spry
Date:May 23, 2014
Bullying
Comment:In the book, Wonder by R.J. Palacio, August was born with a cleft palate. The book is about how a kid gets bullied because people think he is not normal. The other kids think he is a monster and tease him. He doesn’t have a normal face like others and in my opinion that is not normal to tease people for being different. No one is perfect in this world and no one should tease anyone for being different.
Palacio, R. J., & Alfred A. Knopf, Inc (2012). Wonder.
Name: Daniel N.
School:John Spry
Date: 5/28/14
Comment: The book about Cesar Chavez made me angry. I didn’t like how little they were paid and I don’t understand why the owners did not want to help their workers.
Braun, E., & Roland, H. (2006). Cesar Chavez: Fighting for farmworkers. Mankato, Minn: Capstone Press.
Name:Max T
School:Dever
Date:6-2-14
julian Y i havent read the book the circuit but i have seen reviews on it and the way you described it is just like the way the critics said about it. I hope to read it soon so i can post how i feel about the book.
Name: Jeremiah R.
School: Dever
Date: 2 June, 2014
I would like to comment on Julian Y. at John Spry.
Your book review made me want to read the book. It drew me in.
Name: Daniel D.
School:Dever School
Date: June,2.2014
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
Introduce the book:Its about a girl and her dad dies and she has to move to california because of her uncles
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending. Her mom gets sick from a dust storm but then she gets better and miguel ran away with all of her money orders
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:when miguel take her money orders and then brings back abuelita
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I
ecommend this book to anyone who likes…)I recommend this book to anybody
Name:francisco
School:Jordan school
Date:June 2-2014
Book Title:Sugar Hill
Book Review: This book is about a city in new york who european immigrants live during the 1920’s or 1930’s.This was happening during the great migration.of the early 20 century.soon the Africans came and named that city sugar Hill. Maybe because that was a happy city or time for them. Very famous African American lived there. I think that many people ( not famous) would always remember that they were living with them. This is important because they were poor and got to be famous. Getting famous takes a lot of courage and perseverance.
Source:weatherford, carole. Sugar Hill: Harlem’s Historic Neighborhood. Albert Whitman, New York. 2014.
Name:Xitlaly
School:Jordan
Date:6/02/14
Book Title:A splash of red
Book Review:This book is about a little boy named Horace Pippin who draws everything he sees. He expresses himself through his art and shows people how he feels about the social issues going on around him. In the book it said that during world war 1 he drew pictures about it it said that world war 1 “provided pivotal experience for the young pippin.” He became known as the “Cross of the war” and later “The Purple Heart” for his battle wound. He was a very observant man he found art subjects almost everywhere. He was an important African American artist.I think that his paintings brought joy to people.
Source: Bryant, Jen. A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin. Alfred Knopf, New York. 2013.
Name:Eliza D.
School:Dever
Date:June 2, 2014
Book Title:Espernaza rising
Book Review: I recently read the book esperanza rising. I learned about achieving your goals and overcoming obstacles to get there. The main character Esperanza, showed this in the book. She really wanted her abuelita (grandma) to be with her in california. She overcame a lot of obstacles to achieve her goal.
Source:Esperanza Rising
A Million Shades of Grey Book Review
Cynthia Kadohata By: Yasmine S.
Recently I read the book “A Million Shades of Grey” by Cynthia Kadohata. She won a newbery medal in 2005. And national book award for the thing about luck.
“A Million Shades of Grey” is about a boy who suffers the consequences of war, when his village goes in attack by Northern Vietnam Y’Tin loses everything he has including his friends, his beloved elephant, his house, and his normal life. And he learns how life becomes different in war.
The point of the book was to show kids how others feel during war. Some kids are more fortunate than others, this book helps them experience how some people feel everyday because of war.
I enjoyed reading this book because it was a whole new experience to me and very interesting. I never thought that even kids have to fight in war making them suffer the pain of war adults have to suffer, besides lack of food or shelter.
I would recommend this book to anyone ages 8+ to fully understand the book and understand what is happening in the book. This book is great and teaches you about hardship through a fun, loving, and adventures book.
Name:leslie
School:jordan
Date:june 2
Book Title: respecting the contributions of lgbt americans
Book Review:this book is about the lgbt americans that they say that lesbians are women who fall in love with women.gay men fall in love with other men.I think that the womans and the men should to what they need to do so like we don’t get us in trouble and if we get in love they should not tack about other ones.if they get in love with others that there problem not with us. i think that lgbt americans should be doing what ever they want.
Source: Klingston, Anna. Respecting the Contributions of LGBT Americans. Powerkids press, New York. 2013
Name: Myles G
School: Murray Language Academy
Date: 6/1/14
Book Title: Satch & Me
Book Review: In the book Satch & Me by Dan Gutman there is a kid that loves baseball. His name is Joe Stoshack and he has the power to travel through time with baseball cards. One day he traveled back in time to meet a famous baseball pitcher named Satchel Paige. In this book, there are guns involved. some people tried to shoot Satchel. Fortunately, they survived .Shooting is bad because people can get killed. It’s also bad for the killers because they can get arrested.
Name: Owen H
School: Murray Language Academy
Date: June 4, 2014
Book Title: Education For All: Floating Schools, Cave Classrooms, and Backpacking Teachers. By Ron Fridell
Book Review:
I chose a book about education around the world, particularly in developing countries, called Education for All: Floating Schools, Cave Classrooms, and Backpacking Teachers by Ron Fridell. Mr. Fridell has personal experience in developing countries, having taught English as a second language while a member of the Peace Corp in Bangkok, Thailand. He earned a Master's degree in radio, television, and film from Northwestern University in Evanston.
Education for All is about education around the world. Poor and developing countries, particularly Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia, have few and underfunded schools and a limited supply of teaching resources and teachers. Some of these schools are just shacks. These countries spend a big chunk of their money on war and leave out education. Richer nations like the United States give big loans to these countries for schools; however, the poor countries waste a lot of the money on things other than schools, which was the original loan purpose. Also these loans create big debts which cost many millions; many countries cannot repay the loans. Some developing countries have also received help from non-government organizations (NGOs), which have opened a number of schools run by people local to area. This is one way to avoid the debt trap.
The main point of the book is that bringing education to all is very hard to achieve even when people really want it. In many countries, war makes going to schools dangerous or the schools are being moved to avoid conflicts. In Fatsi, Ethiopia, students in 2003 were living in caves and being taught in moving school “houses” to avoid the war. This is now the case in Syria where school kids can’t get access to schooling because of the war.
I felt this book was inspiring in the stories about how hard people work to get education. I chose this book because I wanted to compare my experience with students around the world and it was good for this. I found it interesting that the book, written in 2003, stated that the United Nations wanted education for all by 2015 (after the original target date of 2000 didn’t work out). I think this isn’t going to happen because we still have so many problems with educating kids in the United States and around the world.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in how children are educated in other countries around the world. Education for All is a particularly good book if you want to learn about different schools in developing and developed nations. I don’t believe you need much more than an interest in the world in order to enjoy this book . I learned that war cripples schools, but people will do whatever it takes to teach their kids.
Name: Abby D.
School: Dever School
Date: 6/2/14
Book Title: The Circuit
Book Review: Julian Y. from John Spry
I would like to comment your posting. The Circuit sounds like a good book. I can’t believe that they took Francisco's brother away. The kids that bullied him were mean. Those people were being racist.
Source: Y., Julian. "Book Review." Cpskidstalk -. Julian Y., 1 May 14. Web. 02 June 2014.
Name:Lizbeth A
School:Dever school
Date:6/2/2014
Book title: Dork diaries Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Stars
Book Review:I agree with Asisa G because Mackenzie always bothers her and doesn’t like Nikki. That’s why Nikki doesn’t like going to that school. Mackenzie always bullies her and says mean things to Nikki. She hates that she has to see her at school every time. Nikki really wants to tell Mackenzie mean things like Mackenzie does to Nikki. So that’s why I agree with Asisa G.
Source:http://dork-diaries.wikia.com/wiki/Tales_From_a_Not-So-Talented_Pop_Star
Name: Michael.K
School: Dever Elementary
Date: 5/23/2014
Title of Book: Esperanza Rising
Author of Book: Pam Munoz Ryan
Book Review Form
This is a incredible book and the characters in the book show lots courage.
Introduce the book
Tell about the book, but don’t give away the ending.
There is a girl named
Tell about your favorite part of the book or make a connection:
when they went to america.
Give a recommendation (e.g. If you like…, you will love this book, or I recommend this book to anyone who likes…)
i recommend this book.
Name:Jennifer P.
School:Spry School
Date:5/29/2014
Comment:In the book Freak the Mighty, a boy gets treated bad just because he is
disabled. He feels horrible and sad because he did not know how to defend himself. If I were in his place I would feel mad and would defend myself too. I think that he thought it was unfair so thats why he stood up for himself and his new friend. In the end he defends himself and they didn’t get bothered anymore.
Philbrick, W. R. (1993). Freak the Mighty. New York, N.Y: Blue Sky Press.
Name: Daniel
School: Smyser
Date: 5-27-14
Book Title: Red Rider’s Hood
Book Review: I learned in the book ‘Red Rider’s Hood’ that you should not be in a gang. This is a good book for a student that wants to learn about gangs.
Source: Shusterman, Neal. Title: Red Rider’s Hood. Penguin Group, USA, New York: 2005
Name:Charles
School:Smyser
Date:5/28/2014
Book Title:Environmental Disasters
Book Review:This book is good to read because it tells of ways we are destroying the ecosystem and how we can stop that. Many things are killing animals and even people. We need to stop littering and polluting biomes and ecosystems. For example the oil in seas and oceans are killing fish and the nuclear power is killing people and some land animals. Our pollution is, and can destroy land and destroy wildlife.
Source:Woods Michael,Environmental Disasters,LERNER publications company, Minneapolis
Name:Maciek.H
School:Smyser
Date:5/27/2014
Book Title:world war 2 in europe from normandy to berlin
Book Review:this book is about the war in europe.when america attack natzi gernamy. I recommend this book because its about world war 2 in europe.It was also about all the missons in the war.it allso has some of the qotes from genirals.this is what this book is about.
Source:Stein Conrad World War 2 in Europe
Name: Jessyka
School: Smyser
Date: May 27,2014
Book Title: Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett
Book Review: I liked this book because it was about a person that wanted to form a gang.
He wanted to make world domination but he had no
friends to form the gang with. At the start it was kind of scary because it talked about some people cutting the head of Oliver Plunkett. They put the head of Oliver Plunkett in a box in the church. And then somebody stole the head of Oliver Plunkett.
Source: Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett;Bateman, Collin;DeLacorte press;United States of America; October 2005
Name: Ana F.
School: Smyser Elementary School
Date: May,27,14
Book Title: Arthur the Scare Your Pants Off Club
Book Review: The book I read was about how a little kid wanted to get free money and he asked everybody in his neighborhood and then he asked other people around his school and they said yes but they said with’ one condition’ and he said ‘which one’ they said ‘you don't tell anybody about this” he said ‘okay’ and they didn’t really give him real money it was fake so then he went shopping and the cashier said ‘this isn’t real money and he said ‘yes it is and the said cashier said “no it isn’t” And then the little kid got arrested because Arthur called the police and Arthur was the hero and Arthur was all over the news.
Source:Arthur the Scare your Pants Off club by:Corlina Fuke
Name: Raina R
School:Dever School
Date: 6-1-14
Book Title:
Book Review: I am writing to Isabella C. , it is a sad stories that have a happy ending and have some kinda funny parts but are more serious. I think whomever is reading this should read this book.
Name: Alexandra G.
School:Smyser Elementary School
Date:May 27,2014
Book Title: The Thief Lord
Book Review:The book I read is about two children that run away from their aunt and uncle because they are cruel.And they decide to hide in Venice Italy and they meet a mysterious thirteen-year old named The Thief Lord.Then they become part of some crimes. Then the Thief Lord gave the two children a new family.
Source: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke copyright 2000
Name: Allyson.C
School: Smyser school
Date: May 27,2014
Book Title:Jumped
Book Review my book called Jumped is about bullying with girls that don't do stuff for you.the quote is sometimes what you dont say means more than what you do.Nobody is perfect thats what populars think they are perfect but god made them special. People can give so much pressure on one person that can ruin their life.people can be mean but their nice in the inside.
Source: kidstalk.wikispaces.com
Name:Jakub S.
School:Smyser Elementary School
Date:6/3/14
Book Title:The Silver Horn
Book Review:
This book is about Gangs. You can find the most info on gangs on chapters 3,4,5,6. A gang of Pirates attacked a family and they fought them and the father got a big cut on the chest and died.But the rest of the family is still alive and trapped so he fights and he gets caught trying to free his family from them. So they actually Sad if he help them they will let his family go. He said no and said that he want a 1v.1. So they do it and he wins and they let his family go.
Source:Baldry, Cherith The Silver Horn Macmillan Children’s Books: London (2001)
Name: Paola G.
School: Smyser Elementary School
Date: May 27 2014
Book Title: Dead Giveaway
Book Review: The book Dead giveaway tells about some gang and heart breaking stuff. It has many interesting stuff in it. You can learn from this book that somethings are good and somethings are bad. You can learn from your mistakes with this book.I learned that people can learn from good to bad stuff that they in the past.
Source: Title: Dead giveaway Keyes,Sammy United States of America Alfred A. KnoPf 2005 Dan Yaccarino
Name:jeremiah
School:Smyser school
Date:May 27
Book Title:The lemonade war
Book Review:this book is about a lemonade war between two lemonade stands over there customers and they fight over the best lemonade and the best amount of money so they win
the best lemonade for their customers to choose the best lemonade stand so they are having
a competition.
Source:The Lemonade War by davies jacqueline copyright 2007
Name: Martin K.
School: Smyser
Date: 5-27-14
Book Title: The Thief Lord
Book Review: This book goes in the topic gangs. It goes into that topic because it’s about how two children who ran away from their mean aunt and uncle and become thieves. The book has taught me that some gangs happen because they what money and were poor. I learned that people that hated their live will most likely go in a gang or form one. This is what I learned from the book.
Source: Funke,Cornelia. Title: The Thief Lord.Scholastic Inc.: New York: 2000
Name: Beatriz M
School: Smyser
Date: 5/27/14
Book Title: Beating Heart
Book Review: I learned how to overcome problems in Beating Heart. Where in the separate times they were in the olden days of how a seventeen year old overcomes moving in an old house. And that he gets a feeling he is not alone this book was written in the olden times about the people of the old western believe in the olden spirits of who die. Thats a few things you need to know about this book and about the challenges that he faces in the real world you might relate to the experiences that he faces with his little sister about his parents divorce and that his father was brutal to him i think you will like this book because some people can relate to the story and have mixed feelings about the situation.
Source: Jenkins A.M. Beating Heart a Ghost Story. Harpercollins Publishers 2006
Name: Emanuel D
School: Smyser Elementary
Date: 6/3/14
Book Title: The Vietnam War The Chronicle of America’s Wars
Book Review: This about war. People got really angry because of Buddhists. A man burned himself to death because of Buddhists. That man’s name was Quang Duc. This war was very sad. I think it was sad because many people died and some people killed themselves like Quang Duc. There was a photograph of a young women kneeling over one of the dead protesters became a symbol of war.
Source: Debbie Levy Lerner Publications Company
Name:Emarild
School:Smyser School
Date:5-27-14
Book Title:Earth the making of a planet
Book Review: This book is about the environment it shows how the earth formed,pollution,and rocks. It is a really interesting and long book it also shows important time periods in the Earth's history.Also it shows the ancient life that lived on Earth Millions of years ago. It also shows landforms,continents,supercontinents,and large volcanos. It also shows how animals evolve over time.
Source:Earth the Making of a Planet by Gallent,Roy
Name:Nick
School:Smyser
Date:5/27/14
Book Title:America At War
Book Review:This book is about wars. This is a poem book so if you like poems this is the book for you. This tells about all the wars up until now. This book is about peace. I like it you should check ---it out.
Source: America At War Jurmain Suzanne
Name:Weronika M
School:Smyser School
Date:June 3,2014
Book Title:Why are you picking on me?
Book Review: In this book there's a girl named Kristina.Kristina and her family moved to a town right before school started.Kristina made a friend named Angela.During lunch time there was a girl named Shelby.Shelby bumped into Kristina on purpose.Shelby tells Kristina that she did that because she feels like a loser.Kristinas friend Angela warns her about Shelby that she is mean.Shelby hears what Angela tells Kristina now Shelby is stilling Kristinas lunch.After all Shelby gets away with it and Kristina said’’Besides, was a piece of cake worth a fight?’’I believe that Kristina did the right thing.In this story Kristina gets help by here new friend Angela.Even though Kristinha is a new kid at school because its her first year at this school she can count on Angela.I think that their friendship will last forever.The reason why I think that because one of my friends helped me when i was a new kid and we are friends forever.So that is my book review.
Source: Why are you picking on me? By:Burstein, John
Name: Elizabeth C
School:Lara Academy
Date:6/4/14
Book Title: Sometimes My Mom Drinks too Much
Book Review:This book by Sheila Stewart and Rae Simons is a non-fiction informational book. Its interesting book because in the beginning it has a story about a kid whose parent drinks too much. After the short story they explain it and what alcoholism is like for a better understanding. I recommend this book to kids who want to understand what their parent is going through in alcoholism and can be prepared when something happens. They can know why this is happening.
Source: Stewart, S., & Simons, R. (2011). Sometimes my mom drinks too much. Broomall, Pa: Mason Crest Publishers
Name:Axel H
School:Agustin Lara Academy
Date:6-4-2014
Book Title:Immigration in the us
Book Review:This is book is by Tammy Gagne, this book is nonfiction it is also informational. It is interesting to many people that are trying to find out how does immigration work or is in the U,S. Some one in my family is an immigrant and wants to find out how to get into united states i would recommend this book to my family member. I would also recomend it to kids who wants to know more about immigrants that travel to the united states.
Source:Gagne, T. (2014). Immigration in the US.
Name: Jennifer D.
School: Agustin Lara Academy
Date: June 4, 2014
Book Title: Ellis Island
Book Review: The book I read about told me a lot about what things they did in Ellis Island, for example, needing to do a health check and other different types of checks. This book is a non-fiction informational book that has true stories, quotes, and fun information about Ellis Island. I did not have any connections about the book but I would recommend it because it has a lot of information of the past of Ellis Island and pictures to help us understand. I think a kids that had family members that went through Ellis Island would like this book and would like to learn more about it.
Source: McDaniel, M. (2011). Ellis Island. New York: Children's Press.
Name:Saul G
School:Lara
Date:6-4-14
Book Title:JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL
Book Review:I read a book called JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL. Its about a boy named joey pigza going to his dads house over the summer . Before he actually meets his dad, he has got high expectation like him being exactly like him but older.so when him and his dog pablo, get to the dads house they are very exited. When joey meets his dad for the first time he actually meets his expectation but through the stuff he does joey realizes that he does not like his dad and is relieved when he finally leaves. I would recommend this book to people whose parents are divorced because they might be able to relate to it.
Source:Gantos, J. (2000). Joey Pigza loses control. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Name:Jacob G
School:Lara
Date:6-4-14
Book Title:US IMMIGRATION SERVICES
Book Review:This book was about immigrants and if you don’t know what an immigrants are they are”A people who come to live permanetly in a foreign country”. it also said “The United states is a land of immigrants.” just about every country of the world is represented in our citizenry”. this book is about immigrants. I recommend this book to all people.
Source:Leavitt, A. J. (2014). U.S. immigration services.
Name:Veronica L
School:Lara Academy
Date:6-4-14
Book Title:Immigration and Migration
Book Review:the author of the book I read was written by Roza G. the book is nonfiction informational. the book tells about the very first immigrants . It also tells about slavery and how abraham Lincoln was very concerned about that. I think this would be a good book for kids who are still learning about how all this immigration started. It was a good book because it really helps you get a good understanding about this issue.
Source:Roza, G. (2011). Immigration and migration. New York: Gareth Stevens Pub.
Name:Siham.A
School:Lara
Date:6-4-14
Book Title:My name is Bilal
Book Review: I read a book about this new girl to a school thats Muslim And people bully her because of how she dresses.And she has a brother that is standing up from the bully’s that bully her.This book also had a moral that was “Dont judge people because of how they look.” And i really enjoyed the book because it tought you a lesson and it was intresting. I would recomend this book to middle school kids because they might know more about these sorta of situations or maybe kids that have gone thru the experience of how it is to get bullied.
Source:Mobin-Uddin, A., & Kiwak, B. (2005). My name is Bilal. Honesdale, Pa: Boyds Mills Press.
Name:Lorena J.
School:Lara
Date:06-05-14
Book Title:Ghetto Cowboy
Book Review:I read the book ghetto cowboy and the author/illustrator of the book is Neri G, and Watson, j.j the genre of this book is realistic fiction. this book is a chapter book, it is also a informational book because it teaches me about gangs and alcohol.this book is interesting because the events happening in the story could happen in real life and its also teaching me about gangs and bad things in life.the connections that i made with this book is that my cousins parents also separated like caltrain’s parents did, and my cousin was also with her mom but then her mom gave her to her dad, just like caltrains parents. I would recommend this book because it really helps you understand, things that occur in life and maybe also why things happen in life and its also teaching me about gangs and street violence.the kinds of kids that i think would like this book is-are teen agers or middle schoolers because i think that this age group could really relate to what happens in this book.
Source:Neri, G., & Watson, J. J. (2011). Ghetto cowboy: A novel. Somerville, Mass: Candlewick Press.
Name: Litzy G.
School: Lara Academy
Date: 6/5/14
Book Title: Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports
Book Review: I read this book called Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports by Tony Khing. This book is nonfiction and an informational book. What makes this book interesting is that it tells you the athlete that uses a type of performance enhancing drugs and how it affects their career. The connections that I have made is that since they are using drugs to boost themselves and I feel bad because some of the athletes that use these drugs were my idols. I would recommend it because I think people deserve to know that some of their idols use drugs. I would recommend this to kids who are into sports because they need to know the results of using these bad drugs.
Source: Khing, T. (2014). Performance-enhancing drugs in sports.
Name:Justin L.
School:Agustin Lara Academy
Date:5/5/14
Book Title: Baseball Great
Book Review: I read the book Baseball Great by Tim Green and its a fictional chapter book its an interesting book because it has to do with baseball and the kid faces trouble I don't want to be in when I get his age like smoking and taking steroids which is what josh did . The only connection I have with it is that I play baseball and I think I know why the kid would want to do that. I would recommend this book because its very good for preparing yourself for your teens or future life. Kids who play sports and are dealing with drug trouble then this is the book for you.
Source: Green, T. (2010). Baseball great. New York: Harper.
Name:Jasmine A
School:lara
Date:june 5,2014
Book Title:Alcohol
Book Review:i just finish reading the book Alcohol and this book is about how alcohol is bad for you.also this book includes a first hand account and it has the amount that a women should drink and the amount that a man should drink. this book is non fiction because it includes real things that could happen to you.This book is a informational book.this book was interesting because it talks about how alcohol is bad for you and what damages it makes in your body and what causes it makes.the connections that i made in this book where how all the people that i know that drink alcohol and the damages they made.the reason i would recommend this book would be because people do not know what would happen if they drink alcohol.i think that the kids that would read this book would be kids that drink alcohol and do things they are not supposed to.
Source:Rooney, A. (2011). Alcohol. Mankato, Minn: Arcturus Pub.
Name:sammy l
School:lara
Date:6-06-14
Book Title: the bank of badness
Book Review: i read the book robinsons hood the bank of badness. And this type of book is a chapter book .what makes this book interesting is they have real gangs like in real life and they do a lot of bad things like the ones in real life. what connections i have with this book is that same time i also see life shootings outside my home .i would recommend this book because it teaches other people right from wrong. I would also recommend this book to kids that are maybe in gangs or even not in gangs that are just curious.
Source:Gottesfeld, J. (2013). The bank of badness. Costa Mesa, Calif.: Saddleback Pub.
Name:Osbaldo L.
School:Lara
Date:6-6-14
Book Title: The club
Book Review: I read the book called the club and i learned that in most gangs you have to complete a task to be able to join a certain gang. in my book this kid named true wanted to join this club but he had to rob a house and bring them a stolen object. he got sent to juvy and he realize he didn’t like being in the club as much as he thought it would. and this is exactly what makes this book interesting. some connections i made with this book is that i have sometimes been hanging out with bad people and i sometimes got bad influences. i would recommend this book to anybody who hangs out with bad influences and teens since most teens are most likely to join gangs. i enjoyed this book and i hope that you enjoy it too!!!
Source:Bahlinger, L., & Strickland, M. R. (2002). The club. Logan, Iowa: Summit Books
Name:Jovany D
School:Lara
Date:6/5/14
Book Title:Beneath a meth moon
Book Review: i read this book called beneath a meth moon and its fiction book that is a chapter book and what makes this book really interesting is that it doesn't have a happily ever after ending because at the end she is still in recovery. she was once a high school cheer leader until she had a crush on this boy that they call t boom and they start to go out and then t boom makes laurel use some meth but laurel didnt know it was a drug and after that she started begging for money so she can buy meth and her life starts to fall apart after this and
i do not have any connections to this book and i would recommended because the plot is very
interesting and what happens is when this girl named laurel meets a guy named moses
and then things start to better for her
Source:Woodson, J. (2012). Beneath a meth moon: An elegy. New York, N.Y: Nancy Paulsen Books.
Name:Ariana F.
School:Lara
Date:06/05/14
Book Title:We beat the street
Book Review: I readed the book “We beat the street.” The author of this story is Davis,sampson.This book is nonfiction because its base of a real story.This book is a informational book because its talking about a story that did happened in real life and how the three boys/men became doctors and how hard it was to became a doctors because they grow up in the “ghetto.” This book is interesting because of the struggle they went through became doctors,and they didn't quit just because of the struggle they kept following their dreams until they became doctors.This book remembers me of this person,because that person did follow his dream even tho…..he did drugs and sold drugs at one point…but he still kept with his dreams which was to finish school and have a house.I recommend this book because this book talk about real things in life.I’ll recommend this book to people who say “ oh i live in the “ghetto” so i can't have dreams. or I can't follow my dream,” because you really can.
Source:Davis, S., Jenkins, G., & Hunt, R. (2005). We beat the street: How a friendship pact helped us succeed. New York: Dutton Children's Books.
name: nathan F
Date:june 6
I read about Gay issues and politics and it says that gay people really didn’t get a lot of privileges like non gay people did. Now rules changed, gay people get everything like non gay do. Some of the states that banned gay marriage are taking it back little by little.
Seba, Jamie A. Gay Issues and Politics Marriage, the Military, and Work Place Discrimination. Mason Crest Publishers INC. 2011. Broomall, Pennsylvania.
Name:Saul
School:Jordan
Date:6/6/14
Book Title:Gun crime
Book Review:People are making too much Robberies and most are robbed with guns. About 12,000 are shot and even killed. every year an average of 38 people get killed in a day. The reason people get guns fast is the usa is selling guns for little money
Source: FLINT DINK, GUN CRIME,Smart apple media,minnesota 2012
Name: Alexandra C.
School: Jordan community school
Date: 06/02/2014
Book Title: Freedom on the menu
Book Review: I think about this book that the people have to have equal rights to go where ever they want. In this book the people weren't allowed to go to stores or they will go to jail. The girl went to jail because she went to the place where the colored don't have to go.
Source:Weatherford, Carole. Freedom on the Menu:The Greensboro Sit-ins Penguin Group, New York, 2005
Name: Kelvin
School: Jordan Community School
Date: June 6, 2014
Book Title: Gay Issues and Politics: Marriage, The Military, and Workplace Discrimination.
Book Review: This book was really interesting, it showed a lot of things about society and how it treats homosexual people. In Greenwich Village, cops in plainclothes raid a gay hangout. The cops were now targets of thrown stones, and police cars smashed by parking meters. GAys can only be married in 5 states! (Including Washington DC) So… America isn’t really that free for specific people. If you want to know about Gay Issues and Politics, this book is for you.
Source: Seba, Jaime. Gay Issues and Politics: Marriage, The Military, and Workplace Discrimination. Mason Crest, Broomall, Pennsylvania
Name:samantha
School:Jordan
Date:6/6/14
Book Title: American Heroes Rosa Parks
Book Review:Rosa Parks stand up for her rights.She had a the courage to make a difference.I think she did the right thing on the bus because , if i was in the bus i wouldn’t give my seat away.Rosa became famous for heroic act.What i learned from this book is don’t treat others bad because they are different.And every one should have the same.
Source:Collard III, Sneed, American Heroes, Marshal Cavendish Tarrytown,New York
Name:Anael F
School:jordan
Date:6-6-14
Book Title:Forensic secrets
Book Review:1. I think it will be fair for the crime scene to be away from children because hey could get shot.
2. I think it will be fair if the book wouldn’t tell you if you are doing a crime it tells you what not to do if you’re doing a crime.
3.it will be fair if the crime and the crime scene will be inside a bulding because if people saw the crime scene maybe it will incourage them to do a crime.
publisher:Amicus,date of publish:2011,city:North Mankato,Minnesota
Name:Fredy
School:jordan
Date:6/6/14
Book Title:Gun Crime
Book Review:I disagree that people should not have guns because the crime is high in the united states and they average 30 people. it will not be fair that people should not have guns because people shot 12,000 people every year. I think that when people shoot they can killed someone so they should not have guns. In my opinion that people have guns is not good because when people buy guns and killed them with their guns a lot.
Name:Alexis s.
School:Jordan
Date:6/6/14
Book Title: Malcolm Little
The boy who grew up to become malcolm x
Book Review:
It is about that people didn’t like african americans, they burned malcolm’s house. Then later malcolm’s dad died. At school his english teacher asked him what he wanted to be. He said a lawyer he had good grades to be a lawyer. His teacher taught african americans can’t do high things.
Source: Shabazz,Ilyasah
Malcolm little the boy who grew up to become malcolm x
Ilyash shabazz,New york,2013
Name:Ashanti A
School:Jordan
Date:06-06-14
Book Title: The girl from the tar paper school
Book Review:Barbara was just like Rosa Parks. I read one of the chapters from the book and it seems like Barbara has the same bravery like Rosa. African American children from Prince Edward County were unable to attend school so Barbara went to court and fought so that African American kids could’ve go to school. As a result the Supreme Court ruled that Prince Edward County violated the fourteenth Amendment by not letting black children get their education. What I think about this is that Barbara did the right thing and that all those children should be thankful.
Source:Kanefield,T. (2014).The girl from the tar paper school.New York:Abrams books for young readers.
Name:Ariana G
School:Jordan
Date:6/6/2014
Book Title:The freedom Riders
Book Review:
It is about that there was a person name jim crow and he make some laws that african american people and caucasian people they need to be segregated.African american people needed to be segregated with caucasian people.African american people were required to de in the african american and on the buses they need to sid at the rear and they have to give up their seat to the caucasian people.
Source: Kent,Deborah,
The Freedom Riders
Children Press,Chicago,
By Nicolle G
6/6/14
Science vs Crime
1. I agree that crime is good finding bad guys with clues .
2.I agree that science could help with your assessment and with crime and search with clues.
3.I agree that crime is helpful than science because crime could find clues,details
4.I agree that science could solve mystery than crime because they use that who did this.
My opinion is crime and science are helpers because they could find the bad guys and the clues and the mystery.
Royston, Angela. Publisher Gareth Stevens Publisher, New York, NY, 2013
Name:Alexandra L
School:Dever
Date:6/5/14
Book Title: The Truth About The Truman School
Book Review:I think The Truth About The Truman School sounds like a good book Jaden W. I never seen a school that hides itself. Cool. :)
Name: Alina W
School:Murray
Date:5/25/14
Book Title: Saraswati’s Way
Book Review: The name of the book I read was called Saraswati’s Way by Monika Schroder. She lives in Germany, and was an elementary school teacher and librarian.
In the book, the main character is Akash. He can’t find a tutor to for Seventh Standard. Akash’s dad dies. Akash to work for the him because rent doesn’t get paid. Akash has to go find a tutor so he ditches work. Ramesh is a newspaper owner, and helps him earn money for a tutor. When Akash finds a tutor, they don’t teach him correctly. Akash sells drugs for a friend so he can go find a better tutor, but their boss fires them. Akash is stranded and can’t figure out what to do.
The message is that you should never quit and always keep trying because everything turns out fine. Akash follows Saraswati’s way, but she has abandoned him, because it feels like he has forced him into telling him what to do.
This book had a back and forth feeling. It didn’t have as much bullying, but it definitely had examples.
I would recommend this book to people who have a life like Saraswati so they can relate.
Name:Alberto L
School:Spry school
Date:6-2-14
Comment: Abby D. wrote a very good paragraph because is so sad how the dog dies. Abby D compared his death to her grandmother’s dog dying. Also, Julian it is a big jerk and bully. I read that book too, and I like it even though it is sad.